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ARMENIA AND EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGREED ON ACTIVATING JOINT WORK TARGETED AT REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS' DEVELOPMENT
De Facto
Nov 6, 2008
YEREVAN, 06.11.08. DE FACTO. Being in Brussels on a visit, RA President
Serzh Sargsian held meetings at the European Commission with Commissars
for Transport and Trade Issues.
According to the RA President's Press Office, in the course of a
meeting with Antonio Tajani, European Commission Vice-President,
Commissar for Transport Issues, Serzh Sargsian presented Armenia's
initiatives in the direction of development of regional communication's
alternative ways.
The Commissar welcomed the agreement achieved both on the construction
of Iran-Armenia railway and the one reached between Presidents of
Armenia and Georgia concerning the construction of a new alternative
highway connecting the two countries. The parties agreed to activate
joint work targeted at the development of the regional communicative
network.
The principal subject of discussions with Mrs. Catherine Ashton,
European Commission Commissar for Trade Issues, was the process of
our countries' joining the Free Trade Agreement.
The President underscored Armenia's desire to make such an agreement
with the European Union. Catherine Ashton suggested that discussions
be continued in this direction. The parties reached an agreement to
approve a precise temporal schedule of the process.
De Facto
Nov 6, 2008
YEREVAN, 06.11.08. DE FACTO. Being in Brussels on a visit, RA President
Serzh Sargsian held meetings at the European Commission with Commissars
for Transport and Trade Issues.
According to the RA President's Press Office, in the course of a
meeting with Antonio Tajani, European Commission Vice-President,
Commissar for Transport Issues, Serzh Sargsian presented Armenia's
initiatives in the direction of development of regional communication's
alternative ways.
The Commissar welcomed the agreement achieved both on the construction
of Iran-Armenia railway and the one reached between Presidents of
Armenia and Georgia concerning the construction of a new alternative
highway connecting the two countries. The parties agreed to activate
joint work targeted at the development of the regional communicative
network.
The principal subject of discussions with Mrs. Catherine Ashton,
European Commission Commissar for Trade Issues, was the process of
our countries' joining the Free Trade Agreement.
The President underscored Armenia's desire to make such an agreement
with the European Union. Catherine Ashton suggested that discussions
be continued in this direction. The parties reached an agreement to
approve a precise temporal schedule of the process.