Pashinyan to attend Biden's virtual Summit for Democracy![]() March 29, 2023 - 10:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will participate in U.S. president Joe Biden's Summit for Democracy starting Wednesday, March 29, his office says. World leaders will gather virtually for the second U.S.-organized Summit for Democracy, an event that involves 120 countries, civil society groups and technology companies. According to a statement from the Department of State, President Biden will co-host the second Summit for Democracy with the governments of Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, and Republic of Zambia. The second Summit will assemble world leaders in a virtual, plenary format, followed by gatherings in each of our countries with representatives from government, civil society, and the private sector. Azerbaijan, Turkey, North Korea and Russia have not been invited to the summit. ![]() ![]() The delegation headed by Armenian National Assembly President Alen Simonyan is leaving for Turkey. The European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, Toivo Klaar, has arrived in Yerevan. Hakob Arshakyan said it is unacceptable for Armenia that the CSTO PA establish relations with the PAs of the OIC and the OTS. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is set to become the first Egyptian leader to visit Armenia, a senior official at Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan’s office has confirmed. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |