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    EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE: THE PROTOCOL ON ARMENIA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE EU PROGRAMMES IS NOT APPLIED TO NAGORNO KARABAKH

    APA, Azerbaijan
    Oct 24 2013

    [ 24 October 2013 11:50 ]

    The European Parliament strongly criticized Armenia's accession to
    the Customs Union

    Baku. Victoria Dementieva - APA. The European Parliament has
    held discussions regarding the recommendations prepared by Polish
    rapporteur Tomasz PorÄ~Yba on "The Framework Agreement between the
    European Union and the Republic of Armenia on the general principles
    for the participation of the Republic of Armenia in Union programmes".

    APA reports that Armenia's accession to the Customs Union in the course
    of discussions for more than two years during the negotiations with
    the European Union before the summit in Vilnius and its double game
    have caused serious anger of European parliamentarians.

    The European parliamentarians touched on the gross violation of
    human rights in Armenia, crackdown on the civil society and religious
    communities, including the intolerance in relation to minority faiths
    such as Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses and the increase of radical
    tendencies. Ulrike Lunacek, representative of the Green Party and
    Austrian MEP, raised the issue of the occupation of the Azerbaijani
    territories by Armenia and noted that the Armenian citizens currently
    living in Nagorno Karabakh should not be allowed participating in
    the EU programmes.

    Clarifying the parliamentarian's questionnaire, the European External
    Action Service said that the protocol on Armenia's participation
    in the EU programmes is not applied to Nagorno Karabakh. According
    to the paragraph #9 of the protocol, its clauses are applied only
    to the territory of Armenia. Explaining the issue in terms of the
    international law, the European External Action Service has announced
    that only institutions recognized within the external borders of
    Armenia can benefit from these programmes. As for visa facilitation
    between the EU and Armenia, according to the second article of this
    Agreement, it was emphasized that the terms are valid only for the
    citizens of Armenia.

    This once again proves that despite various steps taken by Armenia,
    the occupied territories of Azerbaijan have never been regarded and
    will not be regarded as Armenia's territory by the international
    community and the European Union.

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