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EUROPE-ARMENIA ADVISORY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES ARMENIA ON INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 21, 2011 - 16:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Europe-Armenia Advisory Council extended its
warmest and most sincere congratulations to the people of Armenia
today, September 21, as the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence
is celebrated.
"Armenia is now actively benefiting from the European Neighbourhood
Policy and the Eastern Partnership. Negotiations of the EU-Armenia
Association Agreement are progressing fast and will eventually lead to
stronger political co-operation, deeper economic integration with a
comprehensive free trade agreement, and easier mobility through visa
facilitation. We also welcome the Partnership for Reforms, recently
set up by the European Commission and the Armenian government, which
aims to strengthen democratisation, good governance, and the respect
for human rights and the rule of law," the Council said in a statement.
"One of our biggest concerns is the rising tensions in the unresolved
Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Europe has shown how countries can overcome
centuries of warfare, transcend their differences through economic
and political integration, and base their relations exclusively
on peaceful means and international law. The people of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh deserve no less. We call for the
implementation of the confidence building measures agreed at the
trilateral summit of March 2011 in Sochi without any further delay,
and align ourselves with the call of the Minsk Group Co-Chairing
countries made in May 2011 in Deauville."
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 21, 2011 - 16:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Europe-Armenia Advisory Council extended its
warmest and most sincere congratulations to the people of Armenia
today, September 21, as the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence
is celebrated.
"Armenia is now actively benefiting from the European Neighbourhood
Policy and the Eastern Partnership. Negotiations of the EU-Armenia
Association Agreement are progressing fast and will eventually lead to
stronger political co-operation, deeper economic integration with a
comprehensive free trade agreement, and easier mobility through visa
facilitation. We also welcome the Partnership for Reforms, recently
set up by the European Commission and the Armenian government, which
aims to strengthen democratisation, good governance, and the respect
for human rights and the rule of law," the Council said in a statement.
"One of our biggest concerns is the rising tensions in the unresolved
Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Europe has shown how countries can overcome
centuries of warfare, transcend their differences through economic
and political integration, and base their relations exclusively
on peaceful means and international law. The people of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh deserve no less. We call for the
implementation of the confidence building measures agreed at the
trilateral summit of March 2011 in Sochi without any further delay,
and align ourselves with the call of the Minsk Group Co-Chairing
countries made in May 2011 in Deauville."