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    INITIALING OF ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH EU 'DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE' - STEFAN FULE

    17:38 06.09.13

    Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Štefan
    Fule had discussions with Armenian Foreign Edward Nalbandian in
    Brussels on Thursday about recent developments that have a clear impact
    on the EU-Armenia association agenda. As stated by the Minister in his
    press release they discussed Armenia´s decision to join the Customs
    Union. The Minister stressed Armenia's wish to continue developing
    a deep and wide partnership with the EU which would at the same time
    not contradict Armenia's membership in the Customs Union.

    Commissioner Fule said after the meeting: "We continue our assessment
    of the new situation, including in on-going consultations with our
    partners, and are in the process of informing our member states and
    consulting with them. In light of Armenia's declared choice to join
    the Customs Union it is however difficult to imagine the initialing at
    Vilnius summit in November of the Association Agreement with Armenia as
    it had been negotiated. Based on the information we presently have,
    the compatibility of obligations to the Customs Union with those
    under an Association Agreement/DCFTA with the EU looks problematic.

    We intend to respect the sovereign right of our partners to choose
    what integration framework or cooperation frameworks they would like to
    pursue, and are convinced that it is in the interest of all to further
    strengthen together with Armenia what we have jointly achieved over
    the past years of partnership."

    Armenian News - Tert.am



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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