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November 29, 2013 Friday 04:51 PM GMT+4
Armenia, EU not to initial association agreement - joint statement
VILNIUS November 29
- Armenia and the European Union will not initial an association
agreement because the South Caucasian state has taken on new
international commitments, reads a joint statement of Armenia and the
EU adopted on Friday.
"The EU and Armenia acknowledge that they have completed negotiations
on an Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Area, but will not proceed with its initialling due to Armenia's
new international commitments. They agree on the need to update the
EU-Armenia ENP Action Plan," the document says.
The commitments include Yerevan's decision voiced by President Serzh
Sargsyan to join the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
and to enter the Eurasian common economic space.
"The EU and Armenia enjoy close links and reconfirm their commitment
to further develop and strengthen comprehensive cooperation in all
areas of mutual interest within the Eastern Partnership framework,"
the statement said.
"Based on common values, both sides are committed to further
cooperation aimed at the continuous improvement of democratic
institutions and judiciary, the promotion of human rights and rule of
law, good governance, the fight against corruption, the strengthening
the civil society, the further improvement of the framework for
enhanced trade and investments, the continued implementation of the
mobility partnership and increased sectoral cooperation," it reads.
Along with this, "based on their common endeavour to build upon the
existing framework of cooperation, the EU and Armenia stress the
importance of revisiting the basis for their relations," the joint
statement between Armenia and the European Union says.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
November 29, 2013 Friday 04:51 PM GMT+4
Armenia, EU not to initial association agreement - joint statement
VILNIUS November 29
- Armenia and the European Union will not initial an association
agreement because the South Caucasian state has taken on new
international commitments, reads a joint statement of Armenia and the
EU adopted on Friday.
"The EU and Armenia acknowledge that they have completed negotiations
on an Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Area, but will not proceed with its initialling due to Armenia's
new international commitments. They agree on the need to update the
EU-Armenia ENP Action Plan," the document says.
The commitments include Yerevan's decision voiced by President Serzh
Sargsyan to join the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
and to enter the Eurasian common economic space.
"The EU and Armenia enjoy close links and reconfirm their commitment
to further develop and strengthen comprehensive cooperation in all
areas of mutual interest within the Eastern Partnership framework,"
the statement said.
"Based on common values, both sides are committed to further
cooperation aimed at the continuous improvement of democratic
institutions and judiciary, the promotion of human rights and rule of
law, good governance, the fight against corruption, the strengthening
the civil society, the further improvement of the framework for
enhanced trade and investments, the continued implementation of the
mobility partnership and increased sectoral cooperation," it reads.
Along with this, "based on their common endeavour to build upon the
existing framework of cooperation, the EU and Armenia stress the
importance of revisiting the basis for their relations," the joint
statement between Armenia and the European Union says.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress