Foreign Ministers of Austria, Lithuania and Romania will visit South  Caucasus mandated by Josep Borrell

ArmInfo. On 25-26 June, Alexander Schallenberg, Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign  Affairs of Lithuania and Bogdan Aurescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs  of Romania will visit Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as mandated by  the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security  Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell.

According to the EU message received by ArmInfo, the visit on behalf  of the High Representative will highlight the importance that the  European Union attaches to its bilateral relations with these  countries, to the South Caucasus region, and to the EU's Eastern  Partnership framework. The visit signals the EU's readiness to  support broader cooperation both with and between the South Caucasus  countries, including through the opportunities available under the  Eastern Partnership. Following the recent discussions among EU  Foreign Affairs Ministers at the informal Foreign Affairs Council  (Gymnich) on the conflicts in the EU's Eastern neighbourhood, the  visit will underscore the EU's determination to promote and actively  support sustainable and comprehensive conflict settlement efforts.

The Ministers will meet with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham  Aliyev, in Baku, the President of Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, and  Acting Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, in Yerevan, as well as the  Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili, in Tbilisi. The visit  will convey the EU's support to the three countries also in the  context of the preparation for the Eastern Partnership summit, which  is scheduled to take place in December 2021.

The Ministers will hold a press conference at the end of their visit,  at the EU Delegation in Tblisi, on Saturday 26 June at around 13:00  (CEST) / 15:00 local.   The Ministers will be accompanied by the EU Special Representative  for the South Caucasus and crisis in Georgia, Toivo Klaar. They will  report about their visit to EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs during  the next Foreign Affairs Council in July.

Audiovisual coverage of the visit will be provided by the European  Union Delegations to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia respectively.