REGULAR SITTING OF EU-ARMENIA COOPERATION COUNCIL TO BE HELD IN AUTUMN
YEREVAN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. At the April 5 sitting of the commission
on cooperation and partnership between the RA and European communities
and their memeber states, chaired by the commission chairman, RA Prime
Minister Andranik Margarian, the report on the work carried out by
the working groups with the aim of developing a National Program was
discussed. Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy David Avetisian
noted that the European Commission expressed satisfaction at the
progress made by Armenia with respect to developing the National
Program. This assessment was given in February at the Brussels
meeting of the RA government, the EU-funded Armenian-European Policy
and Legal Advice Center (AEPLAC) and high-ranking officials of the
European Commission. The European Commission pledged to provide
additional assistance for this work. According to the RA Government
Information and PR Department, a regular sitting of the EU-Armenia
cooperation council is scheduled in the autumn of 2005. The European
Commission intends to discuss at the session Armenia’s progress in
the development and implementation of the national program of the
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and to develop its actvities
aimed at assisting the program implementation.