Ambassador Piotr Świtalski, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, considers the December 9, 2018, snap parliamentary elections of Armenia the best in the country’s history, but notes that the electoral system still needs reforms.
Investigation has been launched in the Investigative Committee to clarify the details of the death of soldier Armen Grigoryan.
I am glad to see and meet you. Of course, we have met in the past and I recall my visit to Antelias with warmth on the occasion of the jubilee year of your activities. My meetings with the Catholicos of All Armenians are regular. Some of those meetings are covered by the media, some are not and I greatly highlight this interaction.
The OSCE is committed to its mediation mission for the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and hopes to see progress in the negotiation process in the format of Minsk Group Co-chairs, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger announced during the winter session of yhe OSCE PA.
The Armenian government approved the proposal to sign the “EU for Armenia: Territorial Development” financing agreement with the European Union.
Prime Minister of Armenia received the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America, as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk on February 20.
Armenia plans to acquire 4 Russian SU-30SM multirole fighter aircrafts by the end of 2019 or early 2020, but, in general, Yerevan wants to purchase 12 such fighter aircrafts, Defense minister Davit Tonoyan said during the IDEX-2019 international defense exhibition, RIA Novosti reported.
The Parliament of Armenia approved the government’s Action Plan during today’s session.
We have acknowledged the US State Department’s statement on the deployment of the Armenian Humanitarian Mission in Syria. It’s a long time Armenia and the USA make joint efforts to respond to the humanitarian disaster in Syria that is accompanied by a major crisis of refugees and deported people.
We do not view the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the context of purely Armenian-Turkish relations.
