Day: January 13, 2024

Armenia to agree on this issue with Turkiye  AzerNews.Az

EU diplomats briefed on Armenia’s vision on new avenues of deepening partnership with the European Union – Public …  en.armradio.am

Catholicos Karekin II to visit Armenian Dioceses of Eastern USA and Great Britain and Ireland – Public Radio of Armenia  en.armradio.am

Azerbaijan announces launch date for presidential election campaigning  Trend News Agency

On January 12, Armenian Ambassador to the EU Tigran Balayan participated in the roundtable discussion with Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors of the EU member states, high-level representatives of the European Commission and EEAS. The meeting was organized by the Permanent Representative of Greece to the EU Ambassador Ioannis Vrailas in a follow-up to the Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan’s participation in the EU Foreign Affairs Council on December 11, 2023.

During the discussion Ambassador Balayan presented Armenia’s vision on new avenues of deepening partnership with the European Union, following EU Council decisions. He touched upon the ideas and proposals that are aimed at the intensification of Armenia-EU relations with a final goal of upgrading them to a qualitatively new level.

The participants expressed full support for Armenia’s ambitious reforms and rapprochement agenda and promised to continue the cooperation in this regard.

In his introduction and while answering many questions from the colleagues, Ambassador Balayan outlined Armenia’s approaches for long-lasting peace in the South Caucasus region.

Armenia’s Ambassador gave a detailed presentation on the reasons and consequences of the Ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh, underlining that the feeling of impunity in Baku, which once again manifested two days ago with more irredentist, menacing and provocative statements of the Azerbaijani president, is already threatening the very fragile situation.

On January 13, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, embarked on a patriarchal visit to the Armenian dioceses of Eastern USA and Great Britain and Ireland.

His Holiness will have meetings with diocesan structures and benefactors of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to discuss the programs implemented by the Mother See.

The delegation headed by Yeghishe Kirakosyan, the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Matters, participated in a procedural meeting at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague in the framework of the arbitration proceedings initiated by Azerbaijan on 27 February 2023 under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).

The Republic of Armenia expects the finalization of the procedural rules of the mentioned arbitration proceedings, and is going to present its arguments and evidence on the groundless character of Azerbaijan’s legal claims in due course during the said arbitration procedure.

At the meeting of the Central Election Commission (CEC) held today, CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov revealed the number of observers registered for the snap presidential elections in Azerbaijan, Report informs.

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an Order on the establishment of the Organizing Committee for the three international events to be held in Baku. The event includes the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate