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NAGORNO-KARABAKH JOINS EUROPEAN UNION POLITICAL STRUCTURES
16:35, April 17, 2015
On 17 April, during its annual General Assembly taking place
in Bautzen, Germany, the European Free Alliance party (EFA), a
pan-European political family, voted in favour of integrating the
Democratic Party of Artsakh (DPA) into its ranks.
"The EFA associated membership granted today is important not
only because it contributes to a further international exposure of
Karabakh. It also shows that Nagorno-Karabakh's political development
is in line with EU standards and that its democratic progress is
comparable with what we have in the EU" explains Mr Lorenzo Ochoa,
Director of European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA).
The DPA initiated its contacts with EFA over a year ago, which
intensified with the time. As a result, the DPA President, Mr
Ashot Ghulyan was invited to the previous EFA General Assembly and
has led the integration process that included 2 EFA study trips to
Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as his recent visit to Brussels in October
2014. The associated membership was granted today to the DPA after
President Ghulyan's hearing in front of the General Assembly. This
membership represents the first EU structure ever accessed by any
Karabakhi political institution or body.
According to European Union treaties, pan-European parties are key
pillars in forming European awareness, expressing political will and
cohesion in Europe. The European Free Alliance is a European political
organisation gathering European parties striving for sovereignty
or self-government for their respective regions or countries. The
Alliance supports the right of self-determination and advocates the
right of people to decide their own future. It has around 40 national
and regional member parties from over 17 countries of the EU. It has
12 representatives sitting in the European Parliament.
"European Friends of Armenia has played a central role in building
what is now a strong relationship between the DPA and EFA, getting in
contact with EFA's Bureau and its staff, raising awareness among EFA
MEPs about the complex situation in Nagorno-Karabakh which gave way
to different visits to the country. EuFoA's follow-up activity not
only brought about successful initiatives concerning Nagorno-Karabakh
and Armenia in different European parliaments and institutions within
the framework of several EFA member nations, but has been decisive
as well to accomplishing DPA's membership in EFA", comments EFA's
delegate, Miguel Martinez Tomey, who was originally the rapporteur
on the DPA accession.
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It is important to underline that the associated status in EFA,
just like in most EU political families, is designed to integrate
the political parties from non-EU member states.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/59705/nagorno-karabakh-joins-european-union-political-structures.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
16:35, April 17, 2015
On 17 April, during its annual General Assembly taking place
in Bautzen, Germany, the European Free Alliance party (EFA), a
pan-European political family, voted in favour of integrating the
Democratic Party of Artsakh (DPA) into its ranks.
"The EFA associated membership granted today is important not
only because it contributes to a further international exposure of
Karabakh. It also shows that Nagorno-Karabakh's political development
is in line with EU standards and that its democratic progress is
comparable with what we have in the EU" explains Mr Lorenzo Ochoa,
Director of European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA).
The DPA initiated its contacts with EFA over a year ago, which
intensified with the time. As a result, the DPA President, Mr
Ashot Ghulyan was invited to the previous EFA General Assembly and
has led the integration process that included 2 EFA study trips to
Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as his recent visit to Brussels in October
2014. The associated membership was granted today to the DPA after
President Ghulyan's hearing in front of the General Assembly. This
membership represents the first EU structure ever accessed by any
Karabakhi political institution or body.
According to European Union treaties, pan-European parties are key
pillars in forming European awareness, expressing political will and
cohesion in Europe. The European Free Alliance is a European political
organisation gathering European parties striving for sovereignty
or self-government for their respective regions or countries. The
Alliance supports the right of self-determination and advocates the
right of people to decide their own future. It has around 40 national
and regional member parties from over 17 countries of the EU. It has
12 representatives sitting in the European Parliament.
"European Friends of Armenia has played a central role in building
what is now a strong relationship between the DPA and EFA, getting in
contact with EFA's Bureau and its staff, raising awareness among EFA
MEPs about the complex situation in Nagorno-Karabakh which gave way
to different visits to the country. EuFoA's follow-up activity not
only brought about successful initiatives concerning Nagorno-Karabakh
and Armenia in different European parliaments and institutions within
the framework of several EFA member nations, but has been decisive
as well to accomplishing DPA's membership in EFA", comments EFA's
delegate, Miguel Martinez Tomey, who was originally the rapporteur
on the DPA accession.
_
It is important to underline that the associated status in EFA,
just like in most EU political families, is designed to integrate
the political parties from non-EU member states.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/59705/nagorno-karabakh-joins-european-union-political-structures.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress