The Mission of Armenia to the European Union ( hy, Հայաստանի առաքելությունը Եվրամիությունում, translit=Hayastani arrak’elut’yuny Yevramiut’yunum) is the

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

to the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

. It is based in

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History

Armenia has maintained diplomatic relations with the EU since 1991. The Mission of Armenia to the European Union was established to further facilitate

Armenia–European Union relations Armenia and the European Union have maintained positive relations over the years. Both parties are connected through the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which was signed in 2017. Armenian former Foreign Minister Eduard N ...

Activities

On 9 October 2020, Ambassador Anna Aghadjanian held a meeting with the President of the European Council,

Charles Michel Charles Michel (; born 21 December 1975) is a Belgian politician serving as the president of the European Council since 2019. He previously served as the prime minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019. Michel became the minister of Developm ...

. On 12 May 2021, Ambassador Anna Aghadjanian held a meeting with the President of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

Ursula von der Leyen Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (; Albrecht, born 8 October 1958) is a German politician who has been serving as the president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding suc ...

. The sides discussed prospects for deepening EU–Armenia relations. On 9 November 2021, the Mission hosted an event with the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

's Friendship Group with Armenia. Members of the

European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) ( Armenian: ՀՅԴ Եվրոպայի Հայ դատի գրասենյակ) is a grassroots umbrella organization which represents a significant part of the Armenian diaspora in Europ ...

also participated in the event. On 21 November 2021, Armenia joined the

Horizon Europe Horizon Europe is a 7-year European Union scientific research initiative, successor of the Horizon 2020 programme and the earlier Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development. The European Commission drafted and approved a plan ...

program, a signing ceremony was held in the Mission.

Ambassador

On 31 July 2020, Ambassador Anna Aghadjanian was appointed Head of the Mission of Armenia to the EU. Aghadjanian assumed the position from previous Ambassador

Tatoul Markarian Tatoul Markarian ( hy, Թաթուլ Խիկարի Մարգարյան; born April 1964) was appointed Armenian Ambassador to the United States on March 19, 2005, by President Robert Kocharian. He holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinar ...

References

External links

Official website

Mission of Armenia to the EU
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History

Activities

Ambassador

See also

References

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