On January 9, the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan received the members of the EU technical assessment group headed by Marchin Vidra. The team was sent to Armenia to consider the possibility of deploying a new EU civilian mission.  The head of the EU delegation in Armenia, Andrea Wiktorin, also participated in the meeting, RA MFA reports.

The parties referred to the work of the EU observation mission that ended on December 19.  In this context, Minister Mirzoyan highly appreciated the role of the observation mission in strengthening stability in the region and preventing new aggressions against Armenia and expressed readiness to continue cooperation.  A number of issues of mutual interest were also discussed.