ArmInfo. The Speaker of the National Assembly Ara Babloyan received the newly appointed Polish Ambassador to Armenia Pavel Cheplak on March 12. As the press service of the Parliament reports, the chairman of the National Assembly wished success to the Ambassador and expressed hope that he will contribute to the development of the Armenian-Polish political, economic and humanitarian ties.

ArmInfo. The Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Piotr Switalski, is optimistic about the ratification and implementation of the Armenia-EU extended and comprehensive partnership agreement signed on November 24, 2017 in  Brussels.

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ArmInfo. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Brussels signed the EU-Armenia Partnership Priorities.

ArmInfo. The visit of the Bulgarian President to Armenia will play a key role in the further development of the Armenian-Bulgarian relations. This January 12 in Yerevan at a joint press conference with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said Armenian leader Serzh Sargsyan. He noted that in a warm atmosphere he had held substantive discussions with the Bulgarian counterpart on the agenda of bilateral relations, touched upon topical international issues, confirmed the commitment to continue developing mutually beneficial and friendly relations. As Sargsyan noted, an agreement was reached at the meeting to give impetus to mutually beneficial bilateral and multilateral cooperation. "I congratulated my Bulgarian colleague on the chairmanship of the EU Council, the European Union is an important partner of Armenia and this is another area where we can develop our cooperation," the Armenian leader said. According to the Armenian leader, the Armenian-Bulgarian economic relations were also discussed at the meeting, mutual satisfaction was expressed with the positive dynamics recorded in mutual trade turnover. However, Sargsyan added that, despite the positive dynamics, not all the existing potential was used, including in such areas as culture and tourism. According to the Armenian President, Armenia's membership in the EAEU and Bulgaria in the EU opens new opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation. At the same time, Sargsyan noted that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was also discussed at the meeting. At the same time he stressed the importance of the Armenian partners' assistance to the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group dealing with the settlement of the conflict. The Armenian leader also noted the importance of an agreement in the Armenia-EU agreement on a comprehensive and expanded partnership where the member countries express support for the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group. "At the end of our meeting, I invited my Bulgarian counterpart to the summit of the International Organization of Francophonie, which will be held in autumn in Yerevan and gladly accepted his invitation to visit Bulgaria," Sargsyan said.

ArmInfo. Political consultations took place between the foreign ministries of Armenia and Croatia.

ArmInfo. Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia David Tonoyan on January 31 received the delegation of the European Union, led by the deputy head of the Eastern Partnership in the European External Affairs Service, Dirk Lorenz. According to the press service of MES, the delegation is in Armenia in the framework of the 5th meeting of the EU-Armenia subcommittee on energy, transport, ecology and civil defense.

ArmInfo. The member of the board of the Armenian National Movement (ANM), the former chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign relations Hovhannes Igityan, is convinced that the coming to power of the candidate for the presidency of Armenia from the Republican Party (RPA) Armen Sargsyan will not suffer a relationship with Russia.

ArmInfo. The main pledge of Moscow's refusal from the "weapons policy" in the Karabakh issue in the conduct of Armenia's alternative policy. Stepan Grigoryan, director of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation, shared his opinion with ArmInfo. Russia, in accordance with an intergovernmental agreement with Azerbaijan, continues to supply Baku with new arms. Last week, it became known about the delivery of another batch of modern military equipment of Russian production. According to the SIPRI report, Azerbaijan continues to import more than 85% of its weapons from Russia.

ArmInfo. The Comprehensive and Expanded Partnership Agreement will deepen Armenia-European Union cooperation in the fields of energy, transport, environment,  investment, and the expansion of societies. It is based on a common  basis of European values - a stable commitment to democracy, human  rights and the rule of law.

ArmInfo. The future of Armenia in conducting concorded politics in the direction of realizing its own national interests through harmonization. Such an opinion was expressed by ArmInfo director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Ruben Safrastyan.

ArmInfo. The newly appointed Armenian Ambassador to Romania Sergey Minasyan presented his credentials to the President of Romania Klaus Johannis.

ArmInfo. Bulgaria is of strategic importance for the European Union. This January 17 in Yerevan at a press conference on the presidency of Bulgaria in the EU Council, said the head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Piotr Switalsky.

ArmInfo. Bulgarian Ambassador to Armenia Maria Pavlova Tzotzorkova-Kaymaktchieva represented priorities of Sofia's chairmanship in the Council of the European Union (EU).

ArmInfo. There are enough stupid experts both in Russia and Armenia, Alexander Skakov, Researcher of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, political expert expressed such an opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Artsakh self-determined not from Azerbaijan, but from the Soviet Union.  Edward Sharmazanov, the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament, press secretary of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, stated this at a press conference in Yerevan on December 27 summing up the results of the outgoing year.

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ArmInfo. In 2018 Armenia should be able to balance foreign policy with the directions of the Russian Federation, the USA, Russia-Ukraine, Iran-Israel, and also in several other directions. Discussion during the discussions organized by the Armenian Institute for International Affairs and Security AIISA on "Real Armenia 2017 and expected in 2018. The inertia of the past or the start of changes" expressed former head of the National Security Service of Armenia, analyst David Shahnazaryan.

ArmInfo.The Eastern Partnership (EaP) program of the EU is not directed against a third country. This was stated by the deputy of the Bundestag of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the chairman of the Armenian-German forum Albert Weiler on December 18 in Yerevan at the event "Armenia is the bridge between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union." Armenian-German Cooperation.

ArmInfo. Realizing the impossibility of staying in the current state and in the future,  Armenia has neither much, nor little, to become a partner of the United States, one of the initiators and leaders of the Karabakh movement, the well-known analyst Igor Muradyan, is convinced.