ArmInfo. An invitation was sent to Armenian President Armen Sarkissian to participate in the events marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II in Poland. This was reported to the ArmInfo correspondent in the Office of Public Relations and Media of the Presidential Administration.
"President Sarkissian received an invitation to participate in the anniversary of the outbreak of World War II in Poland, but his participation is not planned," ArmInfo was told.
Yesterday ArmInfo reported that the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will not take part in the celebrations that will be held in Warsaw on September 1. "The Prime Minister did not receive an invitation to participate in events dedicated to the outbreak of World War II in Poland," spokesman for the head of government Vladimir Karapetyan told ArmInfo.
To note, as early as March 19 this year according to UNIAN, the Spokesman of the President of Poland Blazej Spychalski, said that only members of the European Union, NATO and the Eastern Partnership states - Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and 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 commemorate the dramatic events occured 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. 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.