  EU’s Tusk, Juncker congratulate Armenia president-elect Sarkissian March 17, 2018 - 16:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker have congratulated Armen Sarkissian on his election as Armenia’s president, the latter's office said. “The Armenia-EU relations have made a great progress in the past several months after the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement was signed on November 24, 2017,” the EU officials said in their statement. Also, Tusk and Juncker said they expect to closely cooperate with Sarkissian to remain true to commitments based on democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Elected by the National Assembly on March 2, Sarkissian will assume presidency on April 9 when current Armenian leader Serzh Sargsyan’s term as president expires.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
