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ARMENIA TO BE REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT AT EASTERN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT IN VILNIUS
ITAR-TASS, Russia
October 15, 2013 Tuesday 10:07 PM GMT+4
VILNIUS October 15
- Armenian President Serzh Sargsian will take part in a summit of
the EU Eastern Partnership program that will take place in Vilnius
late in November 2013, the Lithuanian parliament's press service said
on Tuesday.
Armenian Ambassador to Lithuania Ara Aivazian informed Seimas
(parliament) Deputy Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas about Yerevan's
intention to attend the Vilnius summit.
The diplomat said that prior to the Vilnius meeting Yerevan "would do
its best to strengthen a political dialogue with the European Union
in order to improve mutual understanding."
He added that Armenia was planning to sign a resolution during
the summit that would fix progress in the three-year-long talks on
concluding an association agreement with the European Union.
Initially, Lithuania, which is holding the EU Council's rotating
presidency, expected the EU to sign an association and free trade
agreement with Ukraine and initial the same documents with Moldova,
Georgia and possibly Armenia.
In September, unexpectedly for the EU, Armenia declared its intention
to join the Customs Union. That, according to Brussels, is incompatible
with a free trade agreement.
ITAR-TASS, Russia
October 15, 2013 Tuesday 10:07 PM GMT+4
VILNIUS October 15
- Armenian President Serzh Sargsian will take part in a summit of
the EU Eastern Partnership program that will take place in Vilnius
late in November 2013, the Lithuanian parliament's press service said
on Tuesday.
Armenian Ambassador to Lithuania Ara Aivazian informed Seimas
(parliament) Deputy Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas about Yerevan's
intention to attend the Vilnius summit.
The diplomat said that prior to the Vilnius meeting Yerevan "would do
its best to strengthen a political dialogue with the European Union
in order to improve mutual understanding."
He added that Armenia was planning to sign a resolution during
the summit that would fix progress in the three-year-long talks on
concluding an association agreement with the European Union.
Initially, Lithuania, which is holding the EU Council's rotating
presidency, expected the EU to sign an association and free trade
agreement with Ukraine and initial the same documents with Moldova,
Georgia and possibly Armenia.
In September, unexpectedly for the EU, Armenia declared its intention
to join the Customs Union. That, according to Brussels, is incompatible
with a free trade agreement.