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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES NO OBSTACLES TO SIGNING THE POLITICAL COMPONENT OF THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH ARMENIA
by Ashot Safaryan
Friday, April 18, 13:38
"We will be very happy if Armenia refuses to join the Customs Union,"
Frank Engel, a Member of the European Parliament and of the European
People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament, told reporters,
in Yerevan, Friday.
According to the European parliamentarian, the EU will continue its
cooperation with Armenia. Armenia has a big number of friends in
the European Parliament and the existing ties are a good basis for
further cooperation, Engel said.
Asked why the EU refused to sign the political component of the
Association Agreement with Armenia, but later signed a relevant
agreement with Ukraine, Engel said that the process requires a
gradual approach.
According to the European parliamentarians, the positions of the all
the parties must be taken into account.
"As far as I know, there are no obstacles to signing the political
part of the Agreement," he said. However, Engel added, the EU has
faced a complicate situation following Armenia's decision to access
the Customs Union.
To recall, on September 3, 2013 in Moscow the Presidents Serzh Sargsyan
and Vladimir Putin confirmed the aim of the Republic of Armenia
and the Russian Federation in the direction of further development
of economic integration processes in the Eurasian territory. Since
2010 Yerevan had actively held negotiations on Association Agreement/
Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the European Union. The
AA/DCFTA was to have been initialed during the Eastern Partnership
Summit in Vilnius.
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From: Baghdasarian
by Ashot Safaryan
Friday, April 18, 13:38
"We will be very happy if Armenia refuses to join the Customs Union,"
Frank Engel, a Member of the European Parliament and of the European
People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament, told reporters,
in Yerevan, Friday.
According to the European parliamentarian, the EU will continue its
cooperation with Armenia. Armenia has a big number of friends in
the European Parliament and the existing ties are a good basis for
further cooperation, Engel said.
Asked why the EU refused to sign the political component of the
Association Agreement with Armenia, but later signed a relevant
agreement with Ukraine, Engel said that the process requires a
gradual approach.
According to the European parliamentarians, the positions of the all
the parties must be taken into account.
"As far as I know, there are no obstacles to signing the political
part of the Agreement," he said. However, Engel added, the EU has
faced a complicate situation following Armenia's decision to access
the Customs Union.
To recall, on September 3, 2013 in Moscow the Presidents Serzh Sargsyan
and Vladimir Putin confirmed the aim of the Republic of Armenia
and the Russian Federation in the direction of further development
of economic integration processes in the Eurasian territory. Since
2010 Yerevan had actively held negotiations on Association Agreement/
Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the European Union. The
AA/DCFTA was to have been initialed during the Eastern Partnership
Summit in Vilnius.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=24C0E420-C6DD-11E3-A1750EB7C0D21663
From: Baghdasarian