Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan attended the online meeting of the senior officials of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) of the European Union (EU), the Foreign Ministry of Armenia reports.
Hovhannisyan noted that the latest geopolitical developments have created serious challenges in the EaP region, under the influence of which the European security architecture is also changing.
He pointed out that the EU member states and the EaP countries should make efforts to preserve the existing achievements and add new content to the EaP format.
Also, the deputy FM reflected on the recent large-scale military aggression of Azerbaijan towards the sovereign territory of Armenia, noting that such a way of working of an EaP member country radically contradicts the values and principles declared at the time of the creation of the EaP.
In addition, Paruyr Hovhannisyan noted that Europe's security cannot be comprehensive without respect for human rights and democratic values.