EU "THREE" DELEGATION TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA ON OCT 2, 2006

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Sept 25 2006

YEREVAN, September 25. /ARKA/. A delegation of the EU "Three" is
to arrive in Armenia on October 2, 2006, Acting Press Secretary,
RA Foreign Office, Vladimir Karapetyan told ARKA.

He reported that during their visit the delegation members are to
discuss the plan of action of the Armenia-EU cooperation.

Head of the European Commission mission to Armenia and Georgia,
Ambassador Torben Holtz pointed out on Saturday that the delegation
will be headed by Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja. Finland
is currently EU Chairman.

The Ambassador reported that the Yerevan meeting is to be followed
by RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan’s visit to Brussels to take
part in a sitting of the Cooperation Council.

The work on the plan of action will be completed when the final goal
has been achieved, Holtz said.

The plan of action envisages assistance in economic and energy reforms,
including the shutdown of the Armenian NPP, local government,
encouragement of investments, higher and specialized education,
including the IT sector, democratic management and social protection.

On June 14, 2004, in Luxembourg, the EU Council for General Affairs
and Foreign Relations made a decision on expanding the European
Neighborhood initiative to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.