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Estonia first country to ratify Armenia-EU agreement

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Estonia has ratified the Comprehensive and Enhanced Agreement between Armenia and the EU, press secretary of the MFA Armenia Tigran Balayan noted.

“We received an official writ from Tallinn according to which Estonia has completed all the procedures necessary for the Comprehensive and Enhanced Agreement between Armenia and the EU to enter into force”, Balayan said.

By this Estonia became the first EU member state to give consent to the new agreement between Armenia and the EU.

The Comprehensive and Enhanced Agreement between Armenia and the EU was signed on November 24, 2017. The document was signed by the Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian and EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini.

Estonia opened the exhibition on the genocide of Armenians in the international press

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arton109048-399x300March 10 was inaugurated at the National Library of Estonia the exhibition “The genocide of Armenians in the international press.” Edward Sharmazanov Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia and Ara AIVAZIAN the Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Armenia in the Baltic countries were present at the opening of the exhibition. Other personalities include the presence of Anders Peters President of the Council of Churches of Estonia, Razmig Khojaly responsible for the Armenian community of Estonia, the father Khosrov Stépanian responsible for the Armenian Church in the Baltic countries, Yanne Andreson director of the National Library of Estonia. In his speech, Edward Sharmazanov said that “Turkey unfortunately continues its denial policy by refusing to analyze its own history (…) to recognize the Armenian Genocide and normalize relations with Armenia (… ) for twenty years Turkey illegally keeps Armenia in blockade. “The vice president of the Armenian National Assembly also claimed that Turkey has defeated the Armenian-Turkish protocols on normalization of relations between the two countries. Ankara linking these agreements with the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh, which was not registered in the protocols signed in Zurich. Also intervened Ambassador of Armenia Ara AIVAZIAN Anders Peters President of the Council of Churches of Estonia, Estonian MP Igor Krayzine and historian Estonian Lembo Tannink.

Krikor Amirzayan