Hamlet Matevosyan. The fourth plenary session of the parliamentary Assembly Euronest will be held on 17-18 March in Yerevan, the press service of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia.
yesterday was held the meeting of commissions Euronest, political issues, human rights and democracy, economic integration, social, cultural, educational, civic issues, energy security.
the meeting of the parliamentary Assembly Euronest the first time will be held in Yerevan. The agenda of the session includes four main report of the permanent commissions of the National Assembly of Armenia on cooperation in 2014-2020 in the framework of the European neighborhood policy and Eastern partnership, communications, cultural dialogue, energy security, and among them, alternative energy sources.
in addition, the meeting will be attended by Authorized public platforms. The EU has already confirmed the participation of nine commissioners of the national platforms of Armenia in the work of the Euronest.
the head of the Council on foreign relations of the national Assembly of Armenia Artak Zakaryan have said before, that the Commissioners of Azerbaijan did not want from participation in the meeting of Euronest in the Armenian capital. According to his statement, the meeting will not be harmed, because political Agenda in its importance will enable delegations to take an active part in it." Armenia expects from the meeting of the parliamentary Assembly Euronest activation of inter-parliamentary format of cooperation within the Eastern partnership, " said Zakaryan. However, he said that Baku might change your mind.
however, the Yerevan newspaper "Haykakan Zhamanak" ( "Armenian times" ) informs that the Azerbaijani delegation will arrive in Yerevan at the request of the Turkish government. As the magazine emphasizes, in Turkey believe that if the Azerbaijani delegation will arrive in Yerevan, the resolution to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide will be adopted by the meeting without any objection.
at the end of XIX - beginning of XX centuries Ottoman Turkey conducted regular harassment and persecution of Armenians. For example, in 1915 destroyed more than 1, 5 million Armenians. Armenia calls the events of the Armenian genocide. Turkey traditionally rejects the allegations in its own address. The fact of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey recognized by many States. This is the first in 1965 did Uruguay. The state Duma adopted in 1995 a resolution condemning the Armenian genocide of 1915-1922, In its historic homeland in Western Armenia ". Anniversary of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire emphasize every year on April 24.
The Euronest parliamentary Assembly, which presents the deputies of the European Parliament and parliaments of the member States of the EU program " Eastern partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), is the parliamentary component of the Eastern partnership.
The initiative "Eastern partnership" was launched by Poland and Sweden, and approved at the EU conference in Brussels in 2008, formally established in may 2009 in Prague.
The goal of the program is the convergence of the EU with Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus without their adoption in the EU. The program provides a significant increase in the level of political engagement, a broad integration of former Soviet republics in the EU economy, the increase provided them with financial assistance and enhancing energy security.
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