26/06/2025 | 16:12:30 Thank you, President. I want to start with thanking Petra for this timely and necessary report. But even more, I want to thank you, Petra and all our colleagues here for their genuine commitment and their everyday work towards women's rights and equality. Even in our region, traditionally seen as a pioneer for women's rights, for equality, we see a huge backslide in recent years. What is more concerning is that we have evidence that these attacks are well organised and well funded. A report... 07/04/2025 | 16:58:20 Thank you, Madam President. As we start today, our second part session, the world around us is by no means getting an easier, safer and freer place to live in, unfortunately. The threats that our most cherished values are facing are coming both from external sources, but also from our own countries, from within. And we're facing numerous threats and we have numerous struggles for our economies, for our freedoms, for our security. While all are crucial, today, the security issues are probably... 30/09/2024 | 17:51:11 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Honorable Chair, As we think about the past months, many of us would agree that as long as the wars in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere continue, we cannot say we have done enough. Today, however, I want to share a more positive perspective on what we can achieve acting bold and united. Armenia and Azerbaijan are engaged in talks to finalize and sign a Peace Agreement. A month ago two countries signed the Regulation on the Joint Activity of the... 15/04/2024 | 13:10:19 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Honorable President, I want to take the opportunity to speak about a highly important event for my country that took place on April 5 in Brussels. It is a trilateral meeting between the Prime Minister of Armenia,the EU Commission President and Hgh Representative and the US State Secretary. The agenda of the meeting was outlined last year in Granada during a meeting between my Prime Minister and the EU Commission President - joint EU-US... 11/10/2023 | 19:08:26 Thank you Mister Chair, On behalf of the Socialist Group I want to recognise the excellent extensive work of the Rapporteur Ms Béatrice FRESKO-ROLFO towards firstly, raising awareness, and secondly calling for action on the issue of this debate. The very theme of this report is highly complicated and sensitive. As very rightfully stated in the report, women with disabilities are under disproportionate risk of discrimination. Moreover they are under the risk of multiple discriminations and... 09/10/2023 | 16:10:28 Thank you very much, Mister President. After around 10 months of warning the world about the high risk, or better to say, the clear strategy of Azerbaijan to make Nagorno Karabakh Armenians exit Nagorno Karabakh. Now two weeks ago, we witnessed a mass exodus, forced displacement of Nagorno Karabakh Armenians which cannot be called anything other than an ethnic cleansing. For more than 100 000 people have left not just their homes and homelands, but also the lands where their great... 19/06/2023 | 15:46:06 Thank you, President. Later this week we will be debating very specific topics under urgent procedure, as just mentioned, the horrendous war in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in the blocked Lachin xorridor. While we are here to tackle existing issues, Azerbaijan just several hours ago, opened fire in the direction of a metallurgical plant being now built in Armenia with the involvement of foreign investment. Attention please, dear colleagues, not in Nagorno-Karabakhk, in Armenia. Just a... 25/04/2023 | 17:41:55 Thank you, Chair. I want to express gratitude to Mr George KATROUGALOS for this excellent report, elaborating on the challenges and roles of national courts and international courts. In this era of emerging multilateral constitutionalism, we indeed need to find better mechanisms for the alignment of legislations and encouraging dialogue. In this context, Protocol 16 is a highly useful instrument. Armenia is one of the 19 countries to have ratified the Protocol, but also among the seven...