Armenia, EU talk Karabakh, Syrian refugee crisis

PanARMENIAN.Net - Foreign minister Edward Nalbandian met Tuesday, March 1 with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini in Yerevan.

At the meeting, the parties thoroughly discussed Armenia-EU ties and negotiations on forming a new legal basis for relations, also dwelling upon Armenia's participation in projects on political dialogue, human rights, mobility, economic reforms among other things.

The Armenian foreign policy chief thanked EU for its continuous support to the country, which played a significant role for reforms implementation and institutional capacity building.

Analyzing the situation in the Middle East, Nalbandian stressed that Armenia has so far hosted around 20,000 Syrian refugees, adding that EU's possible assistance in this context would be quite appreciated.

Minister Nalbandian also briefed Mogherini on the latest developments of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship. Mogherini, in turn, reaffirmed the EU's support to the mediators' efforts towards the peaceful settlement of the conflict.

At the end of the meeting, Nalbandian restated Armenia's determination to go for an exclusively peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.