FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY SECRETARY OF STATE BELIEVES THAT ARMENIA MIGHT
JOIN EU IN 15 YEARS

EREVAN, November 6 (RIA Novosti, Gamlet Matevosyan) — Mr. Renaud
Muselier, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the French Foreign
Ministry believes that Armenia might become the EU member in 15 years.

He met with speaker of the Armenian Parliament Artur Bagdasaryan, who
is currently on an official visit to France.

Officials at the public relations department of the Armenian
Parliament told RIA Novosti that Mr. Muselier also stressed the
importance of integration of Armenia in European structures in the
framework of the EU program “Enlarged Europe: new neighbors.” In his
turn, Mr. Bagdasaryan pointed out that all countries must have similar
EU membership criteria, emphasizing the inadmissibility of the
double-standard policy.

The participants of the talks discussed the possibility of French
technical aid to Armenia, the creation of the House of Friendship with
France in Armenia, which might become a coordinating link in the
implementation of scientific, cultural, trade and economic programs of
cooperation between more than 20 twin-cities of the two countries.

The Armenian community in France numbers about 300,000 people.