• Armenia and Azerbaijan are on the verge of signing a peace agreement after decades of conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
  • Armenia seeks EU membership, while Azerbaijan has no such ambitions but is moving away from Russia’s sphere of influence.
  • Georgia has strained relations with Brussels due to controversial laws and accusations of democratic backsliding, but still aims for EU membership by 2030.
  • Despite severing diplomatic ties with Russia after the 2008 war, Georgia pursues a pragmatic policy and is rebuilding trade links.
  • Moldavia wants to join the EU even without resolving the Transnistria issue, following the Cypriot model; over 80% of Transnistria’s exports go to the EU market.

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