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Madame President [of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen],  

Prime Minister [of Armenia, Nikol] Pashinyan,  

Secretary [of State, Antony] Blinken, dear Tony, 

Two months ago, here in Brussels, we held the Partnership Council with Armenia. 

And it was clear that our relations are developing on a positive track; that they are stronger than ever; and that there is a mutual interest to advance them further. 

And that is what we are doing here today. We are taking this Partnership to the next level. 

Together with our American friends, [we are] joining forces to demonstrate our strong commitment to Armenia’s sovereignty, democracy and resilience. 

We want to join our forces, to strengthen and move our relations [with Armenia] forward in all dimensions.   

That is what we agreed with the Foreign Minister [of Armenia, Ararat] Mirzoyan: to take our Armenia-EU Partnership Agenda to the highest possible level, inside the framework of our Partnership Council. 

And this is not just words. The President of the Commission [Ursula von der Leyen] has announced a substantial Resilience and Growth package for Armenia, to underpin this Partnership Agenda.  

We know that Armenia has to continue working on the reforms in order to increase their resilience. These efforts will be part of this comprehensive and enhanced Partnership Agreement.  

This will increase the resilience of the Armenian society. And we have seen on the run up to this meeting, how Armenia has increasingly [been] targeted by Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference. And part of our commitment is to support you to tackle disinformation, and to make people understand which is the right way of doing things, improving media literacy. 

Because we believe that a stronger and more stable Armenia means a stronger and more stable South Caucasus. Our work will be to the benefit of all countries in the region. 

Thank you. 

Link to the video:

https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-255370