European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to visit Armenia next week according to Politico.

According to Politico, the EU delegation, including Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos, will visit Armenia to show strong support for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after his pro-European party won a decisive victory in June’s parliamentary election.

Politico writes the visit is scheduled for July 1, but plans have not yet been finalized.

“We have seen the country under intense and consistent pressure from Russia; a visit would send a strong signal of support, following on from the concrete support already delivered,” Politico quotes one EU official working on the prospective trip, granted anonymity to speak frankly, as were the other people with knowledge of the planned trip.

This will be Ursula von der Leyen’s second visit to Armenia in the past two months. In May, she participated in the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, and then in the EU-Armenia I Summit.

Photo: Prime Minister of Armenia's Press Service (archive)