Ukraine appoints new ambassador to ArmeniaJune 20, 2018 - 12:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed a new ambassador to Armenia, Ukrinform reports. A relevant decree has been posted on the president’s website. In particular, Petro Lytvyn has been appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Armenia. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on December 25, 1991. The Embassy of Armenia in Kiev opened in 1993 (Andranik Manukyan was appointed ambassador in April 2010). The Embassy of Ukraine in Yerevan opened in 1996 (Ivan Khukhta was appointed as ambassador in June 2010). 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. |