ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will not take part in the events marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II in Warsaw. The press secretary of the head of government Vladimir Karapetyan informed ArmInfo correspondent about this.
"The Prime Minister did not receive an invitation to participate in events dedicated to the start of World War II in Poland," Karapetyan said.
Earlier, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan told ArmInfo that the head of the Armenian government would not take part in the 29th international economic conference, which will be held September 3-5 in the Polish city of Krynica-Zdroj. Meanwhile, the conference website reported that Nikol Pashinyan was among those invited to the forum and would be one of the important guests of the event.
According to the press secretary of the Prime Minister Vladimir Karapetyan, the Pashinyan receives numerous invitations to participate in various events, but does not participate in all.
To note, According to UNIAN, as early as March 19 this year, spokesman of the Polish President Poland, Blazej Spychalski, said that only members of the European Union, NATO and the Eastern Partnership states - Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia should be invited to the solemn events to be held in Warsaw on September 1. Without Russia, he specified. In July 2019, the press service of Polish President Andrzej Duda issued a statement stating that Poland intends to meet the dramatic events of 80 years ago with countries with which it closely cooperates "in the interest of world peace."
US President Donald Trump and German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel are expected to arrive in Poland this year in particular. The participation of the official delegation of Ukraine, which also received invitations from Andrzej Duda, was also confirmed by the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky. Meanwhile, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will not take part in these events. According to the Polish publication "Rzeczpospolita", Lukashenko refused to visit Poland, because the Polish authorities did not invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to events in Warsaw.