On February 23, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received the Co-Chair of the Armenia-EU Parliamentary Partnership Committee Marina Kaljurand and the member of the Armenia-EU Parliamentary Partnership Committee Markéta Gregorová.

Both sides stressed the importance of consolidating the Armenia-EU partnership based on mutual values of democracy, the rule of law, protection of human rights, and the promotion of cooperation within the framework of the Eastern Partnership program. Marina Kaljurand commended the democratic reforms implemented in Armenia and noted that the European Parliament and European institutions fully support them.

Minister Mirzoyan emphasized the principled position of the European Parliament on prior issues for the Armenian side, which is reflected in the relevant resolutions and reports.

During the meeting the interlocutors also touched upon a number of issues on the regional and international agenda.

Foreign Minister of Armenia presented the situation resulting from the 44-day war and the infiltration of the armed forces of Azerbaijan into the sovereign territory of Armenia.

Ararat Mirzoyan and Marina Kaljurand stressed that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be settled through peaceful negotiations under the mandate of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship.

In the context of urgent humanitarian issues, the need for immediate repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians illegally detained in Azerbaijan was stressed.

The Foreign Minister presented the current developments related to the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey.