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STEFAN FULE: ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH ARMENIA NOT TO BE INITIALED
Trend, Azerbaijan
Sept 13 2013
The agreement on association of Armenia with the EU will not
be initialed in Vilnius summit of Eastern Partnership, European
Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan
Fule stated on Thursday in Yerevan at the press-conference on results
of unofficial meeting of Foreign Ministers from member states of
Eastern Partnership, Mediamax agency reported.
Stefan Fule noted that EU intends to sign an Association Agreement
with Ukraine and to initial it with Georgia and Moldavia at the
Vilnius summit.
"When coming to Armenia, after declaring accession to the Customs
Union, Armenia didn't have an opportunity to initial the agreement
on which we held negotiations for three and a half years," Stefan
Fule stated.
He stressed that an Association Agreement is a single document
consisting of two parts.
According to him, during negotiations with Armenia, the document was
a single whole and it is impossible to divide it into parts.
"I arrived in Armenia in order to hear and to understand the intentions
of our Armenian colleagues, their desires and preferences.
If they want to form a legal format which will give opportunity for
us to go further, than it Is possible through the current Agreement
on Partnership and Cooperation, we will be glad to work within this
format," the European Commissar stated.
Last week, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan declared the country's
decision to join the Customs Union and take the necessary practical
steps in this direction and later to participate in the formation of
the Eurasian Economic Union.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported the decision and
expressed Russia's readiness to fully contribute to the process.
Trend, Azerbaijan
Sept 13 2013
The agreement on association of Armenia with the EU will not
be initialed in Vilnius summit of Eastern Partnership, European
Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan
Fule stated on Thursday in Yerevan at the press-conference on results
of unofficial meeting of Foreign Ministers from member states of
Eastern Partnership, Mediamax agency reported.
Stefan Fule noted that EU intends to sign an Association Agreement
with Ukraine and to initial it with Georgia and Moldavia at the
Vilnius summit.
"When coming to Armenia, after declaring accession to the Customs
Union, Armenia didn't have an opportunity to initial the agreement
on which we held negotiations for three and a half years," Stefan
Fule stated.
He stressed that an Association Agreement is a single document
consisting of two parts.
According to him, during negotiations with Armenia, the document was
a single whole and it is impossible to divide it into parts.
"I arrived in Armenia in order to hear and to understand the intentions
of our Armenian colleagues, their desires and preferences.
If they want to form a legal format which will give opportunity for
us to go further, than it Is possible through the current Agreement
on Partnership and Cooperation, we will be glad to work within this
format," the European Commissar stated.
Last week, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan declared the country's
decision to join the Customs Union and take the necessary practical
steps in this direction and later to participate in the formation of
the Eurasian Economic Union.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported the decision and
expressed Russia's readiness to fully contribute to the process.