Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica pointed out that the EU Council is committed to continue supporting the normalisation of Armenian-Turkish relations and invited both countries to use every "window of opportunity" towards achieving this aim. She also stressed that the EU's further engagement with Armenia and Turkey is also high on the Latvian Presidency agenda.
In this context, she also noted the EU's financial support for activities aimed at promoting confidence and people-to-people contacts between Armenia and Turkey, and highlighted the two million euro project supporting civil society efforts launched under the Instrument for Stability.
The EP had included the "Armenian genocide 100th anniversary" debate on its agenda in advance of commemorative events in Yerevan on 24 April.
The EP convenes for a one-day mini-plenary session in Brussels on a monthly basis, in addition to monthly plenary sessions in Strasbourg.