Cyprus parliament speaker highlights peace in terms of EU accession prospect for Armenia

Cyprus supports the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process and highlights its importance not only for regional stability but also in terms of Armenia’s EU membership prospect, President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus Annita Demetriou has said. 

“We hope a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan is signed as soon as possible. Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan informed us about the ongoing efforts in that direction. From our side we are ready to support all attempts in the diplomatic framework. After all, the peace agreement must not only be signed but also fully implemented,” she said at a press conference in Yerevan.

Stability and peace will contribute to Armenia’s development, expansion of international cooperation and strengthening of the European prospect, Demetriou said.

“It will also help Armenia’s accession to EU, as well as building closer relations with other countries. When there is peace, any country thrives and develops,” she said.

Demetriou said the issue of peace is actual in her country too. 

“Cyprus has been divided for fifty years already. We know what’s it like to live in conditions of a long conflict. That experience is also the reason why Cyprus is supporting the Armenian people in their efforts to establish peace,” Demetriou said.

Earlier in March, the Armenian parliament adopted the bill on EU integration.