EU Delegation in Armenia releases urgent statement about protests in YerevanApril 22, 2018 - 16:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Urgent Statement by the Delegation of the European Union and EU Member States Embassies in Armenia was released on 22 April 2018. The official message posed on the official page of the delegation presented the main comments of EU on the recent developments in Armenia. In particular the message stated “the EU welcomes President Armen Sarkissian’s initiative to establish a dialogue between the demonstrators and the Government. However, the EU is concerned that today’s short meeting between Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and MP Nikol Pashinyan failed to prevent the further escalation of tensions.” The message was concluded by stating that EU reiterates that “it is crucial that all parties show restraint and responsibility and urgently seek a negotiated solution”. Earlier on the 10th day of the mass protests in Yerevan, negotiations between PM Sargsyan and Pashinyan which barely lasted for 5 minutes took place. After the failed negotiations the protesters moved towards one of the districts of Yerevan where the police attacked the crowd and captured Pashinyan and other participants of the movement. 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. |