Sitting of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Armenia  in the spring of 2020

ArmInfo.On December 7-10, the RA NA delegation led by Gayane Abrahamyan participated in the plenary session of the Euronest PA of the Eastern Partnership in Tbilisi.  This was reported by the press service of the parliament.

The delegation included NA Deputy Speaker Vahe Enfiajyan, Deputy  Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Health and Social Affairs  Eriknaz Tigranyan, MPs Sargis Khandanyan, Koryun Mkrtchyan, Narek  Mkrtchyan, Mikael Zolyan, Taron Simonyan.

On December 8, meetings of PA Euronest commissions on politics and  human rights, energy security, social and educational, as well as  economic issues were held.  The Armenian delegation managed to  prevent a regular anti-Armenian initiative of Azerbaijanis in the  energy commission - to close the Metsamor NPP.  G. Abrahamyan, in  connection with the demand of the Azerbaijani delegation, emphasized,  in particular, that within the framework of the Comprehensive and  Enhanced Partnership Agreement between Armenia and the EU in the  field of energy, specific provisions on nuclear safety were provided.   Important success was also achieved at a meeting of the Commission on  Politics, Human Rights and Democracy. All 8 proposals submitted by  the Armenian delegation for the report were accepted.  According to  the report discussed at the Economic Commission, all the proposals of  the NA delegation were accepted.  The social commission also adopted  a proposal extremely important for Armenia. The proposal of the NA  delegation related to the problem of the spread of xenophobia in the  education system, which is largely related to the policy of  Armenophobia conducted by Azerbaijan at the state level.

One of the achievement of the plenary session of the Euronest PA is  also the adoption in the emergency mode of a resolution of the three  changes proposed by the Armenian delegation, consolidating the course  of democratic reforms after the revolution in Armenia and proposing  the inclusion of Armenia in the EU's strategic project "Trio"  (Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova) - with changing the format of the <Trio>  in <Trio + 1>.  On December 9, at the opening ceremony of the plenary  session of the Euronest PA, the head of the Armenian delegation  Abrahamyan introduced Armenia-EU relations, reforms and obligations  of the Republic of Armenia, the right of the people of Artsakh to  self-determination and security. Taking advantage of the occasion  that December 9 is the UN International Day of Remembrance and  Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocides, Abrahamyan also  spoke in her speech about the importance of recognizing and  condemning genocides, including the Armenian Genocide.

On December 10, the ten-year activity and strategy of the Eastern  Partnership for the coming years were presented for discussion.  During the plenary session, the head of the NA delegation, referring  to the Armenia-EU relations and the prospects for developing the  Eastern Partnership format, confirmed Armenia's obligations to  strengthen relations with Europe and emphasized that the protection  of democratic values and fundamental rights should be one of the main  priorities as a guarantee of progress of any state.  In this context,  massive violations of human rights, Armenian-phobia at the state  level, and the destructive policy of Azerbaijan as a state that  contradicts the European democratic and legal value system and does  not have a place in this family, were touched upon.

Members of the delegation Simonyan, Kandanian and Zolyan also  addressed the plenary session on pressing issues.

A decision was made to hold Euronest PA meetings in Armenia next  spring.