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ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDS EASTERN PARTNERSHIP, VISEGRAD GROUP MEETINGS
Vestnik Kavkaza
March 6 2012
Russia
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian attended a meeting with
his counterparts of member states of the Eastern Partnership and the
Visegrad Group in Prague on Monday, News Armenia reports.
Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy, and Stefan Fule, EU Commissioner for Enlargement
and European Neighbourhood Policy, participated in the meeting as well.
Nalbandian noted progress in bilateral cooperation of Armenia and the
European Union, emphasizing approval of 24 association agreements
and simplification of the visa regime. He said that negotiation on
a free trade zone will start in the nearest future.
The foreign minister discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh process,
preparations for parliamentary polls of May 6 and reforms with
Stefan Fule
The Eastern Partnership is an EU project for rapprochement with former
USSR states Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Belarus,
initiated by Polish foreign minister with Swiss assistance on May 26,
2008. The partnership was founded in Prague on May 7, 2009, when the
Czech Republic was chairing the EU.
The Visegrad Group was founded by Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
and Hungary on February 15, 1991, during a meeting of presidents and
prime ministers Lech Walesa (Poland), Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia)
and Joszef Antall (hungary).
Vestnik Kavkaza
March 6 2012
Russia
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian attended a meeting with
his counterparts of member states of the Eastern Partnership and the
Visegrad Group in Prague on Monday, News Armenia reports.
Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy, and Stefan Fule, EU Commissioner for Enlargement
and European Neighbourhood Policy, participated in the meeting as well.
Nalbandian noted progress in bilateral cooperation of Armenia and the
European Union, emphasizing approval of 24 association agreements
and simplification of the visa regime. He said that negotiation on
a free trade zone will start in the nearest future.
The foreign minister discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh process,
preparations for parliamentary polls of May 6 and reforms with
Stefan Fule
The Eastern Partnership is an EU project for rapprochement with former
USSR states Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Belarus,
initiated by Polish foreign minister with Swiss assistance on May 26,
2008. The partnership was founded in Prague on May 7, 2009, when the
Czech Republic was chairing the EU.
The Visegrad Group was founded by Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
and Hungary on February 15, 1991, during a meeting of presidents and
prime ministers Lech Walesa (Poland), Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia)
and Joszef Antall (hungary).