Armenia among countries invited by Biden to "Democracy Summit", while  Turkey and Azerbaijan "fell out of favor"

ArmInfo.Armenia is one of the countries invited by U.S.  President Joe Biden to the "Democracy Summit" scheduled for December 9-10, Politico writes and publishes  the list.

"Biden aides are still shaping the agenda for the virtual summit on  December 9-10, and much of their work is confidential. The list of  invited governments has not been made public, although POLITICO  managed to get one compilation on Thursday. All plans are preliminary  and civil society groups are complaining about marginalization, "the  newspaper  notes.

At the same time, it is noted that despite the fact that "there are  only a few weeks left before President Joe Biden's widely publicized  Democracy Summit, it is not yet clear whether this will have any  lasting impact."

It is noteworthy that neither Azerbaijan nor Turkey is included in  the preliminary list of POLITICO. "Some countries, such as Turkey and  Hungary, were not invited because their leaders had been undermining  their democratic systems for years," the newspaper writes.

The main themes of the summit will be the challenges and  opportunities facing democracy. The Forum also provides a platform  for leaders to make both individual and collective commitments to  protect democracy and human rights.