EaP foreign ministers to meet in Luxemburg on October 15October 10, 2018 - 11:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ministers of foreign affairs of the Eastern Partnership member states will meet for talks in Luxemburg on 15 October, BelTA reports citing the European External Action Service. Attending the meeting will be ministers of foreign affairs of the EU and their counterparts from six Eastern Partnership member states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), as well as regional stakeholders. The meeting will be presided over by High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. The gathering will give an opportunity to resume a political dialogue between the EU and its eastern partners. Progress in implementing commonly agreed obligations, in particular those arising from the Brussels Summit declaration of November 2017 and the “20 Deliverables for 2020”, as well as the planning of events to mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Eastern Partnership in May 2019 will be high on the agenda. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |