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Day: October 26, 2023
The 9th session of the Armenia-EU Joint Readmission Committee was held on October 25. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the European Commission, the EU delegation in Armenia, Embassies of the EU member states, as well as “FRONTEX.”
The meeting was co-chaired by Armen Ghazaryan, the Head of the Migration and Citizenship Service, and Silvena Pesta, the Head of Unit of the Irregular Migration and Returns of the Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission.
The parties discussed the status of bilateral implementation of the Armenia-EU readmission agreement, the statistics on readmission issues, as well as other technical and substantive issues aimed at further increasing the effectiveness of the implementation of the agreement.
The sides touched upon the currently ongoing state reintegration assistance program and the work undertaken towards improving the system of voluntary return and reintegration to Armenia. The European side, in its turn, commended the effective cooperation with the Armenian side.
The parties agreed to continue the active steps towards the further implementation of the Armenia-EU readmission agreement.
France stands alongside Armenia and the Armenians, French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu said in a post on X.
“Our constant and resolute support does not waver,” the Minister said as he shared a video from a recent visit of Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan to Paris.
| La France se tient aux côtés de l’Arménie et des Arméniens.
Notre soutien constant et résolu ne faiblit pas. pic.twitter.com/bXRJeYrk9h
— Sébastien Lecornu (@SebLecornu) October 25, 2023
Earlier this week Armenia and France signed a contract on acquisition of three GM200 radars. The parties also signed a letter of intent on the future delivery of France’s Mistral short-range air defense system.


| La France se tient aux côtés de l’Arménie et des Arméniens.