Armenian PM congratulates France on National DayJuly 15, 2019 - 10:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on the occasion of the National Day of France on Sunday, July 14. Pashinyan said the centuries-old friendship between the Armenian and French peoples and the special relations between the countries, the high-level political dialogue and mutual trust constitute a solid basis for continued development and deepening of the Armenian-French cooperation. "It was very important for us that France inscribed April 24 on the French republican calendar as the day of commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, for which I would like to thank you again," Pashinyan said in his message. "We appreciate the continuing efforts of France, as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group together with Russia and the United States, for the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the strengthening of peace, security and stability in our region." The Armenian PM also expressed appreciation for the close cooperation on international platforms, including within the International Organization of La Francophonie. "France has always supported the promotion of Armenia-EU relations, and we hope that this will be continued in the future. Today as the Armenian government has launched an ambitious reform process, France’s support for the realization of the Armenia-EU cooperation agenda becomes particularly important," Pashinyan said. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |