Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan mentioned his nation expects extra enhanced army cooperation with Greece, as he met his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on Tuesday.
Pashinyan mentioned the 2 international locations have “a long story of defense cooperation” and Armenia’s rapprochement with the EU opens new alternatives.
“Cooperation between the two countries is successfully developing in various spheres. We have quite a long history of cooperation in the field of defense, and I am sure that this cooperation will become more effective,” he mentioned at a gathering with Mitsotakis.
The Armenian prime minister thanked Greece for collaborating within the EU monitoring mission that’s deployed on the border with Azerbaijan.
“Greece is one of our most important partners in the European Union,” he said. “We are grateful for Greece’s participation within the EU mission on the border of Armenia with Azerbaijan. I’m certain that in this go to we can have the chance to debate the agenda of bilateral cooperation, Armenia-EU relations, regional and worldwide points.”
Asked concerning the upcoming assembly of the Armenian and Azerbaijani international ministers in Berlin on Feb. 28 – 29, Pashinyan mentioned he hopes for progress on a peace treaty with Baku.
“You know that the next meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia is expected in the near future. I hope that progress will be made as a result of this meeting,” he mentioned.
Mitsotakis, for his half, mentioned Greece stays absolutely dedicated to respecting every state’s territorial integrity and sovereignty as “we imagine in dialogue and the peaceable decision of disputes.”
He mentioned, “I insist that only a viable peace agreement between Yerevan and Baku can pave the way for a better tomorrow in the Southern Caucasus.”
Mitsotakis additionally emphasised that Greece helps Armenia’s efforts to develop nearer relations with the West and is able to supply its experience and know-how as a member of NATO and the EU.
Armenia occupied the internationally acknowledged Azerbaijani territory of Karabakh for greater than 30 years. In the autumn of 2020, Azerbaijan began liberating its territories and accomplished the method final September.
But tensions on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border reignited on Feb. 12, when Baku mentioned one among its troopers was injured from pictures fired by Armenian forces towards the nation’s southwestern Zangilan district
The following day, Azerbaijan mentioned it carried out a “revenge operation” in response, destroying the fight publish which fired at its troopers. Armenia mentioned 4 of its servicemen had been killed.
Source: www.dailysabah.com