THE ARMENIAN MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND EDUCATION AND SCIENCE PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST EASTERN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT OF THE EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY
http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/07/10/sum_epp/
10.07.2012
On July 10 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian
and Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan participated in
the first Eastern Partnership summit of the European People's Party
(EPP) in Batumi.
EPP's President Wilfred Martens, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili
and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Integration Grigol
Baramidze, Moldavian Prime Minister Vlad Filat and Minister for Foreign
Affairs and European Integration Yuri Lyanke attended the Summit,
as well. In the course of the Summit, the participants touched upon
the cooperation held in the frames of the Eastern Partnership and
its perspectives.
The other issues of the discussions were about the Eastern Partnership
from Warsaw Summit of 2011 to Vilnius Summit of 2013, the development
of the cooperation between the EPP and political parties of the Eastern
Partnership member countries, the reinforcement of the political
platform of the Eastern Partnership, and the promotion of sectoral
cooperation within the framework of the Eastern Partnership.
The Armenian positions on above-mentioned issues were presented by
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
During the Summit, on behalf of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
EPP's President Wilfred Martens, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili
and Moldavian Prime Minister Vlad Filat, a final joint declaration
was adopted which reflects the vision of the EPP and the countries
participating in the Summit on the perspectives of the Eastern
Partnership and the cooperation between the political parties of the
EPP members.
The Declaration fixed that the next meeting in this format would take
place in Yerevan at the end of the year.
On the same day Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Wilfred
Martens, the President of the European People's Party. The sides
exchanged views on the cooperation between Armenia and the European
Union.
Ahead of the Summit, the meeting of the Ministers took place, which
was attended by EPP's President Wilfred Martens, Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
European Integration Grigol Baramidze, and Moldavian Minister for
Foreign Affairs and European Integration Yuri Lyanke.
http://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/item/2012/07/10/sum_epp/
10.07.2012
On July 10 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian
and Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan participated in
the first Eastern Partnership summit of the European People's Party
(EPP) in Batumi.
EPP's President Wilfred Martens, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili
and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Integration Grigol
Baramidze, Moldavian Prime Minister Vlad Filat and Minister for Foreign
Affairs and European Integration Yuri Lyanke attended the Summit,
as well. In the course of the Summit, the participants touched upon
the cooperation held in the frames of the Eastern Partnership and
its perspectives.
The other issues of the discussions were about the Eastern Partnership
from Warsaw Summit of 2011 to Vilnius Summit of 2013, the development
of the cooperation between the EPP and political parties of the Eastern
Partnership member countries, the reinforcement of the political
platform of the Eastern Partnership, and the promotion of sectoral
cooperation within the framework of the Eastern Partnership.
The Armenian positions on above-mentioned issues were presented by
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
During the Summit, on behalf of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
EPP's President Wilfred Martens, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili
and Moldavian Prime Minister Vlad Filat, a final joint declaration
was adopted which reflects the vision of the EPP and the countries
participating in the Summit on the perspectives of the Eastern
Partnership and the cooperation between the political parties of the
EPP members.
The Declaration fixed that the next meeting in this format would take
place in Yerevan at the end of the year.
On the same day Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Wilfred
Martens, the President of the European People's Party. The sides
exchanged views on the cooperation between Armenia and the European
Union.
Ahead of the Summit, the meeting of the Ministers took place, which
was attended by EPP's President Wilfred Martens, Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
European Integration Grigol Baramidze, and Moldavian Minister for
Foreign Affairs and European Integration Yuri Lyanke.