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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
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