Armenian Security Council Security receives EU assessment mission  members

ArmInfo. On January 10, the Secretary of the Security Council, Armen Grigoryan, received the members of the EU technical assessment mission headed by Marcin  Wydra. Andrea Victorin, the head of the EU delegation in Armenia,  also participated in the meeting.  

According to the press service of the RA Security Council, Welcoming  the mission members' visit to Armenia, the Secretary of the Security  Council highly appreciated the activities of the EU monitoring  mission that ended on December 19 and once again reaffirmed Armenia's  readiness to contribute to the work of the new EU civilian mission.   The parties referred to the scope of activities of the new EU civil  mission and its deployment and discussed other issues of mutual  interest.  

It should be noted that on December 20, 2022,  High Representative of  the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep  Borrell, made a statement in which he noted that on December 19, the  EU monitoring group in Armenia (EUMCAP), launched in October,  completed its mandate. Borrell recalled that the mission was deployed  on October 20 on the basis of an agreement between the leaders of  Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Council of Europe and France in order to  monitor, analyze and report on the situation on the ground The  Council, in consultation with the Armenian authorities, decided that  the existing EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM in Georgia) would  send a temporary planning assistance team to Armenia to raise EU  awareness of the security situation and to contribute to the planning  and preparation of a possible civilian mission under the Common  Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) in the country.