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SIGNING OF ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT DCFTA - EU ENVOY
Association Agreement with Armenia impossible if any component is
omitted, the head of the EU Delegation has said.
Ambassador Trajan Hristea made the remark in comments to the ArmInfo
News Agency as he was asked to comment on President Serzh Sargsyan's
statement regarding Armenia's readiness to initial the Association
Agreement with the EU at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius
in November without the economic component, namely, the Deep and
Comprehensive Free Trade Area Agreement (DCFTA).
Mr Hristea has recalled that European Commissioner Stefan Fule said
in the course of his latest visit to Armenia that the negotiations
on the Association Agreement covered some provisions, specifically,
the structure- and system-related components, the component on the
Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), as well as a provision
on free movement of persons.
Therefore, DCFTA cannot be mechanically separated from the Association
Agreement, the European diplomat told the agency.
Association Agreement with Armenia impossible if any component is
omitted, the head of the EU Delegation has said.
Ambassador Trajan Hristea made the remark in comments to the ArmInfo
News Agency as he was asked to comment on President Serzh Sargsyan's
statement regarding Armenia's readiness to initial the Association
Agreement with the EU at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius
in November without the economic component, namely, the Deep and
Comprehensive Free Trade Area Agreement (DCFTA).
Mr Hristea has recalled that European Commissioner Stefan Fule said
in the course of his latest visit to Armenia that the negotiations
on the Association Agreement covered some provisions, specifically,
the structure- and system-related components, the component on the
Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), as well as a provision
on free movement of persons.
Therefore, DCFTA cannot be mechanically separated from the Association
Agreement, the European diplomat told the agency.