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Armenian parliamentarians conduct closed meetings with Russian, US, EU diplomats
14:23 - 28.09.13
Members of the Armenian National Assembly's Standing Committees on
Foreign Relations, and European Integration have recently held
closed-door meetings with US Ambassador John Heffern, Head of the EU
Mission to Armenia, Ambassador Trajan Hristea, and Russian Ambassador
Ivan Volynkin.
In comments to Tert.am, Tevan Poghosyan, an MP of the opposition
Heritage party who is represented in the Foreign Relations Committee,
addressed the objectives and principal trends of the meetings. `The
organization of meetings in any format is, in general, commendable.
There are open and closed hearings and parliamentary speeches;
different parliaments have their mechanisms, and because Armenia is
now in a process of very active debates on policy vectors, [hesitating
between]European integration, the Customs Union and the possible
continuation of the [EU] Association Agreement ... there are various
developments in the region, so September had an active start,' he
said.
Poghosyan added that the committee also conducts meetings with
representatives of the Ministry of Defense.
Asked whether the meetings with the Russian and US ambassadors have
focused on Armenia's Customs Union membership issue and the so-called
continuation of the Association Agreement process, the opposition MP
refrained from any comments, noting that the discussions were
closed-door.
Speaking to Tert.am, Head of the European Integration Committee Naira
Zohrabyan (Prosperous Armenia faction) commented on the meeting with
Ambassador Hristea.
`It was a very effective meeting, and I got the answers to many
questions that weren't clear to me before,' she said.
Asked whether the EU will sign any agreement with Armenia or insist
nonetheless that the word `association' be retained, Zohrabaan
answered, `What has been negotiated over the course of four years is
not possible to sign; so we cannot exclude the DCFTA [Deep and
Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement] from the constituent documents and
sign only the Association [Agreement]. But the EU is ready to work on
the new document, and a spokesperson for [Enlargement Commissioner]
Stefan Fule has said that too. So there is a willingness on the part
of EU to work on the document.'
Armenian News - Tert.am
14:23 - 28.09.13
Members of the Armenian National Assembly's Standing Committees on
Foreign Relations, and European Integration have recently held
closed-door meetings with US Ambassador John Heffern, Head of the EU
Mission to Armenia, Ambassador Trajan Hristea, and Russian Ambassador
Ivan Volynkin.
In comments to Tert.am, Tevan Poghosyan, an MP of the opposition
Heritage party who is represented in the Foreign Relations Committee,
addressed the objectives and principal trends of the meetings. `The
organization of meetings in any format is, in general, commendable.
There are open and closed hearings and parliamentary speeches;
different parliaments have their mechanisms, and because Armenia is
now in a process of very active debates on policy vectors, [hesitating
between]European integration, the Customs Union and the possible
continuation of the [EU] Association Agreement ... there are various
developments in the region, so September had an active start,' he
said.
Poghosyan added that the committee also conducts meetings with
representatives of the Ministry of Defense.
Asked whether the meetings with the Russian and US ambassadors have
focused on Armenia's Customs Union membership issue and the so-called
continuation of the Association Agreement process, the opposition MP
refrained from any comments, noting that the discussions were
closed-door.
Speaking to Tert.am, Head of the European Integration Committee Naira
Zohrabyan (Prosperous Armenia faction) commented on the meeting with
Ambassador Hristea.
`It was a very effective meeting, and I got the answers to many
questions that weren't clear to me before,' she said.
Asked whether the EU will sign any agreement with Armenia or insist
nonetheless that the word `association' be retained, Zohrabaan
answered, `What has been negotiated over the course of four years is
not possible to sign; so we cannot exclude the DCFTA [Deep and
Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement] from the constituent documents and
sign only the Association [Agreement]. But the EU is ready to work on
the new document, and a spokesperson for [Enlargement Commissioner]
Stefan Fule has said that too. So there is a willingness on the part
of EU to work on the document.'
Armenian News - Tert.am