Day: November 1, 2023
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The issue of expanding the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) will be discussed in Brussels by year-end, EUMA Head of Mission Markus Ritter has said, Armenpress reports.
EUMA now includes representatives of 23 EU member states.
Ritter told reporters on November 1 that there is a possibility that representatives of all 27 countries will be included in EUMA. He said that there is “a lot of political attention” towards EUMA because of the developments taking place.
“The enlargement is something that also will be discussed in Brussels by the end of the year. We have to wait for the results. But, as it has been said before, at the moment because of the events here in autumn this mission has a lot of political attention,” he said.
Canada is the first non-EU country to join the mission.
Ritter says that if other non-EU countries express desire to join EUMA, the issue will be discussed in Brussels.
President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan visited the newly opened Yeghegnadzor office of the EU mission in Armenia.
Head of Mission Markus Ritter welcomed the President and thanked him for the visit. “Armenia highly appreciates the activities of the EU civilian observation mission,” said President Khachaturyan.
Accompanied by Marcus Ritter and EU Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Vassilis Maragos, the President toured the office and got acquainted with the main directions of the observation mission’s activities.
During the meeting, Marcus Ritter presented details of the monitoring process and main points to President Vahagn Khachaturyan.
