YEREVAN TO HOST MEETING OF EU'S SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY AND JUSTICE
YEREVAN, March 12. / ARKA /. A meeting of the European Union's
committee's subcommittee on human rights, security and justice will
take place in Yerevan on March 29, justice minister Hrayr Tovmasyan
said today at a cabinet session.
He said Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union of Russia,
Kazakhstan and Belarus has impacted only the economic cooperation
between EU and Yerevan.
"In other areas, including justice, our cooperation continues and
the subcommittee's planned meeting in Yerevan is the evidence of it.
Currently we are working to draw up the format of further cooperation
between Armenia and the EU in the field of free trade ," he said.
Tovmasyan stressed that before September 3, when Armenia announced
the decision to join the Russia-led trade bloc Yerevan and the EU had
been negotiating a EURO 20 million budget support for Armenian justice
ministry. Later the EU pledged 28 million euro assistance to Armenia.
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YEREVAN, March 12. / ARKA /. A meeting of the European Union's
committee's subcommittee on human rights, security and justice will
take place in Yerevan on March 29, justice minister Hrayr Tovmasyan
said today at a cabinet session.
He said Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union of Russia,
Kazakhstan and Belarus has impacted only the economic cooperation
between EU and Yerevan.
"In other areas, including justice, our cooperation continues and
the subcommittee's planned meeting in Yerevan is the evidence of it.
Currently we are working to draw up the format of further cooperation
between Armenia and the EU in the field of free trade ," he said.
Tovmasyan stressed that before September 3, when Armenia announced
the decision to join the Russia-led trade bloc Yerevan and the EU had
been negotiating a EURO 20 million budget support for Armenian justice
ministry. Later the EU pledged 28 million euro assistance to Armenia.
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- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/yerevan_to_host_meeting_of_eu_s_subcommittee_on_hu man_rights_security_and_justice_/#sthash.b090H9sT.dpuf