Inhloko yoMnyango Wezangaphandle wase-Armenia u-Ara Ayvazy ngoJanuwari 25 wenza isithombe sevidiyo ngesikhathi sokugubha iminyaka engama-20 eMkhandlwini waseYurophu, okuthe,
"Eminyakeni engu-20 edlule, ngalolu suku, iRiphabhulikhi yase-Armenia yaba yilungu eligcwele loMkhandlu WaseYurophu - inhlangano ebaluleke kakhulu enquma amazinga entando yeningi ezwenikazi laseYurophu.
Ngokujoyina uMkhandlu WaseYurophu, i-Armenia isibe yingxenye yomndeni wabantu baseYurophu lapho sabelana khona nomlando ophelele, amagugu kanye nemibono, kanye nombono we-Europe yesikhathi esizayo, lapho amalungelo ayisisekelo nenkululeko evikelwe ngaphandle kokuhlukaniswa nokubandlululwa.
I-Armenia iyabona futhi ikwazisa umnikelo wale nhlangano eyingqayizivele, lapho iminyaka engaphezu kuka-70 yokuba khona kwayo yahlala khona umvikeli omkhulu wamalungelo abantu nentando yeningi eYurophu.
Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili yobulungu base-Armenia eMkhandlwini WaseYurophu kwakuyinkathi yokubamba iqhaza nokubambisana okuqotho. Ngalesi sikhathi, i-Armenia yajoyina imihlangano ecishe ibe ngu-70 nezivumelwano ezinengxenye, yahlanganisa amabhuloho asemthethweni asemthethweni nenhlangano kanye namazwe awo welungu.
Ngo-2013, i-Armenia yamukela uSihlalo ekomitini labaNgqongqoshe beMkhandlu WaseYurophu izinyanga eziyisithupha, baqondise imizamo ejwayelekile okuhloswe ngayo ezinqubweni zentando yeningi. Inqubo yezinguquko zentando yeningi ihlala iyindawo ebalulekile yokubambisana phakathi kwe-Armenia - UMkhandlu WaseYurophu, inhlangano enesalo lobuchwepheshe obunamandla selibe ngumlingani othembekile wase-Armenia kule ndawo.
UMkhandlu WaseYurophu, Ochwepheshe benhlangano, imizimba ekhethekile yokubukwa, efana neKhomishini yaseVenetian, banikela kakhulu emizamweni yethu yokwakha umphakathi wentando yeningi, kanye nokugcina umgomo woMthetho.
I-Armenia isazibophezele ezibophweni zayo lapho ijoyina uMkhandlu WaseYurophu, okubandakanya nokuxazululwa okunokuthula kweNagorno-Karabakh kungqubuzana. Impi yakamuva e-Artsakh yaba nomthelela omkhulu kumalungelo ayisisekelo nempilo yabantu bendawo. Sikholwa ukuthi uMkhandlu WaseYurophu uzothatha lezi zinselelo futhi uthathe izinyathelo ngaphakathi kwegunya lakhe ukuvikela amalungelo, inkululeko kanye nesithunzi sabo bonke abantu abahlala ezimpini, kubandakanya no-Artsakh.
Ukuthatha leli thuba - umfumo wama-20 wobulungu bethu - ngithanda ukuqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwe-Armenia nezimiso nezinhloso ezamukelwe ngumkhandlu waseYurophu.