Toivo Klaar, the European Union's special representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, has praised Nikol Pashinyan's speech in the Armenian parliament on Wednesday as “important and forward-looking”.

“An important and forward-looking speech by Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan in the National Assembly today,” he said in a tweet.

“Many challenges remain on the road to a comprehensive settlement but it is important to move forward. Armenian has the EU’s support in the search for a just peace,” Klaar noted.