No targeted firefight on Armenian-Azerbaijani border since signing of  Washington Document on August 8, 2025 - . Markus Ritter

ArmInfo. There has been no targeted firefight on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan since the signing of the Washington Document on the establishment of peace on August 8, 2025.  Markus Ritter, head of the EU Monitoring Mission to Armenia, announced this on the Public Television of Armenia as he concludes his mission in the country.

He stated that the EU Monitoring Mission recorded air strikes from  both sides, but no targeted fire was observed. He added that since  their deployment on the Armenian- Azerbaijani border, the security  environment has improved, as local residents have also noted.

Ritter also said that they monitor the actions of not only the  Azerbaijani Armed Forces but also Armenia and report everything to  the EU. That is, the EU also monitors the behavior of the Armenian  side, and if it sees a strengthening of the Armenian Armed Forces'  positions, this is also reported, he said. The head of the EU  Monitoring Mission to Armenia, Markus Ritter, also acknowledged that  after the signing and ratification of the peace agreement between  Armenia and Azerbaijan, they will no longer carry out missions on the  border, as there will be no need for them.

He said this in response to a comment that the preliminary agreement  contains a clause prohibiting the parties from sending third-party  forces to the border. The EU believes this, although it's not stated  specifically, but the EU knows that after the signing and  ratification of the peace agreement, we will no longer be needed. No  observation mission will be needed at the border, but representatives  will continue to visit border settlements.  There is a mutual  agreement to continue our work and visit border settlements, he said.

Ritter also said that he intends to leave Armenia at the end of  February, and closer to that date, the name of his successor as head  of the EU civilian mission to Armenia will be announced.

As a reminder, on August 8, 2025, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint  seven-point "Declaration of Peace" in Washington. It envisages a  joint appeal to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in  Europe (OSCE) to terminate the OSCE Minsk Process and related  structures, as well as the creation of a transport corridor through  Armenian territory that would connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan  exclave, surrounded by Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.