The Public Broadcaster of Armenia has announced that Armenia will not participate in this year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
"The Public Broadcaster cannot carry out the preparations for the tender due to the military situation in the country caused by the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh", the mesaage resds.
The competition will be broadcasted on November 29, 2020 from Poland, which will be attended by representatives of 12 countries.
The Executive Director of "Junior Eurovision" Martin Osterdahl said: "Armenia is one of the successful participants of "Junior Eurovision" and has never been out of the top ten in the previous 13 competitions.
We understand the reasons for Armenia to refuse to participate, this is very sad news, their lack will be felt. We will gladly wait for Armenia's return in 2021".