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    Armenian foreign minister discussed wide range of issues with EU
    countries ambassadors


    YEREVAN, October 5. /ARKA/. Today Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
    Nalbandyan had a working dinner with EU countries ambassadors and the
    head of the CE delegation, the foreign ministry's press office told
    Novosti-Armenia News Agency.

    Armenia-EU relations, including negotiations and programs, and the
    Association Agreement's agenda were discussed during the dinner.

    The process of Karabakh conflict settlement and a wide range of
    regional and international issues were discussed as well.

    On February 27 the EU's Trade Commission decided to launch
    negotiations on a deep and comprehensive free trade area with Armenia
    to boost economic growth and investment.

    The launch of the trade negotiations was conditioned upon Armenia
    fulfilling a set of `key recommendations'. These were issued in June
    2009 and covered necessary reforms in key regulatory areas related to
    trade, in order to prepare Armenia for the upcoming negotiations.

    According to EU, Armenia made substantial reforms notably in the
    fields of technical regulations, sanitary and phytosanitary measures
    and the protection of intellectual property. The EU supported Armenia
    in this process, providing technical assistance in the framework of
    the European Neighborhood Partnership Instrument and the Comprehensive
    Institution Building program, as well as with the EU Member States'
    support.

    The EU has been negotiating an Association Agreement with Armenia
    since July 2010 in the framework of the Eastern Partnership and the
    European Neighborhood Policy. The future Deep and Comprehensive Free
    Trade Area will be part of this Agreement, which aims at closely
    associating this country to the EU both in economic and political
    terms, in line with the Eastern Partnership objectives. The future
    trade relations will therefore expand significantly beyond the scope
    of current cooperation, set out in the Partnership and Cooperation
    Agreements, in force since July 1999. -0-



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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