Armenian PM congratulates Ukraine's new PresidentMay 20, 2019 - 17:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister has Nikol Pashinyan congratulated Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on assuming the office of President. "Anchored on traditional friendship, the Armenian-Ukrainian ties have been continuously developing ever since the establishment of diplomatic relations. At the same time, I should note that the considerable potential inherent in our bilateral relations has not been fully tapped so far," Pashinyan said in the messeage sent on Monday, May 20. "Armenia is ready to deepen and expand Armenian-Ukrainian interstate relations in all areas of mutual interest." The head of the Armenian government said he is hopeful that through joint efforts the two countries can raise bilateral cooperation to a new level in the best interest of of both nations. "Taking the opportunity, I reaffirm my invitation for you to visit Armenia. I wish you new achievements in building the Ukraine of your dream, as well as peace and prosperity – to the friendly people of Ukraine,” Pashinyan said. Zelensky, who has no previous political experience, scored a landslide victory in last month's presidential election. In the election the former television actor ousted incumbent Petro Poroshenko, who had been in power since 2014. Zelensky has promised to tackle corruption, but has given few details of his plans since winning by a landslide on 21 April. 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. |