Meeting of senior officials of the Eastern Neighborhood in Strasbour

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Meeting of senior officials of the Eastern Neighborhood in Strasbourg

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15:09 05.07.2013
Eastern neighborhood

The meeting of senior officials of the Eastern Neighborhood Policy
took place in Brussels on July 4. Armenia was represented by the
delegation headed by chief negotiator at the talks on the Armenia-EU
Association Agreement, Deputy Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.

The meeting covered the current developments and perspectives within
the framework of the Eastern Partnership and determined the plan of
actions ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius.

In his speech Zohrab Mnatsakanyan attached importance to the role of
the Eastern Partnership, noting that the talks on the Association
Agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Are have
entered the final stage. He noted that the Agreements with some
Partnership countries, including Armenia, will be pre-signed within
the framework of the Vilnius Summit. The Deputy Foreign Minister
stressed the importance of reinforcement of institutional capacities
for the further implementation of the agreements.

Speaking at the event, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood Policy, Ĺtefan Füle referred to the Association
Agreements, the facilitation of visa regimes, the progress registered
within the framework of the mobility partnership with the EU.