Heads of RA diplomatic missions in European countries

On April 27, a meeting of heads of RA diplomatic missions accredited in countries and organizations of the European region was held in Paris under the leadership of RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan. This was reported by the RA MFA.

Minister Mirzoyan stated in his opening speech. “The last time we all met, of course with a larger group, at the end of August, after which a lot of events took place, especially in the European world and in the relations of the Republic of Armenia with the European Union and individual countries. Strategic cooperation with many countries is being discussed. In a week, we will also see the signing of the long-negotiated document with France.

Before this, in recent months, of course, this has already happened with some countries, for example, with Germany. Of course, the names differ slightly from document to document. in one case it is a confirmation of strategic partnership, in another case it is a strategic partnership agenda. For example, we signed the “Strategic Partnership Agenda” with the European Union and so on.”

Minister Mirzoyan referred to the high-level events to be held in Yerevan on May 4-6, the European Political Community and RA-EU summits and the “Yerevan Dialogue” event.

Vahan Kostanyan, the deputy minister coordinating relations with European countries, referred to the main agenda of the CIS and RA-EU summits, the documents to be signed.

General Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Davit Karapetyan referred to the preparations for the “Yerevan Dialogue” and the main directions of the discussions.

During the meeting of ambassadors, the works, current programs and prospects for deepening the RA-EU partnership, bilateral cooperation with European countries were discussed.

Minister Mirzoyan presented the implementation process of regional interconnection projects with the participation of Armenia, the works being carried out with international partners in the direction of the development of the economic and transport infrastructure network.

Reference was made to the processes of normalization and development of relations with neighbors, including the steps towards the institutionalization of the peace established between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Thoughts were exchanged on regional and international developments, existing challenges.

Initiatives aimed at improving the diplomatic service were also discussed during the discussion, as well as the proposed amendments to the RA Law “On Diplomatic Service”.

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