RUSTAMIAN: ARMENIA RAISED ITS RELATIONS WITH EU TO NEW LEVELS
Yerkir
05.02.2007 17:28
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – A proper implementation of the Neighbourhood Policy
Action Plan will further the political dialogue between Armenian
and the European Union, Armen Rustamian, the National Assembly’s
Foreign Relations Committee chairman and ARF Armenian Supreme Body
representative told a news conference today.
He said that the EU-Armenia parliamentary commission met on January
29-30 in Brussels. Peter Semneby, European Commission’s envoy to the
South Caucasus, attended the meeting, which adopted a joint statement
condemning the killing of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
Rustamian said that Armenia’s inclusion in the European Neighbourhood
Policy is a great achievement, and the recent actions plan has
raised the EU-Armenia relations to a new level. He also said that
the EU has adopted a policy to help the OSCE Minsk Group to find an
acceptable settlement of the Karabakh conflict. He also said that
it is important the EU thinks any fair settlement should include the
right to self-determination and minorities rights.
The commission has also urged Turkey to establish diplomatic relations
with Armenia without preconditions and open the land border as well as
the Kars-Gyumri railway. The commission also has welcomed Armenia’s
European tendency, reminding that free and fair elections would be
a crucial step towards Armenia’s inclusion in the Neighbourhood policy.