Conference on ‘Armenia and the EU After the Depopulation of Nagorno-Karabakh’ held at Free University of Brussels

YEREVAN,  MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS.  A conference titled “Armenia and the EU after the depopulation of Nagorno-Karabakh” was held at the Free University of Brussels (ULB), organized by the ‘Nairyan’ Union in collaboration with the UN community at the Free University of Brussels.

The speaker at the conference was Tigran Balayan, Armenia’s Ambassador to Belgium and Head of the Armenian Mission to the EU.

According to Armenpress Brussels correspondent, the Ambassador presented to the students the events that occurred between 1988 and 2023, covering the history of Nagorno-Karabakh in all its facets: the movement, wars and negotiations.

He also touched upon Armenia’s views on the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, bilateral relations with the EU, deepening cooperation and future joint plans.

”The Armenian foreign policy is neither a turn towards the West nor a turn towards the East. Armenia foreign policy is a turn towards the state interest of Armenians,” said Ambassador Balayan.

Many of the students were interested to learn about Armenia’s possible candidacy for EU membership. Tigran Balayan noted that Armenia is ready to be as close to the European Union as the European Union deems it possible.