ARMENIA IS INTERESTED IN PROMOTING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH EU

Noyan Tapan
Feb 19, 2009

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Artur Baghdasarian, the RA National
Security Council Secretary, the Chairman of the Interdepartmental
Commission on coordination of Armenia’s cooperation with European
structures, on February 19 received EU Special Representative for
the South Caucasus Peter Semneby and European Commission Trade Office
Director Eva Sinovich.

Attaching importance to EU officials’ high-level visits to Armenia,
A. Baghdasarian gave assurance that the practical agreements achieved
will promote further development of the Armenia-EU relations.

The interlocutors spoke about the conception of the Eastern Partnership
to be carried out within the framework of the European Neighborhood
Policy, about the importance of development of political dialogue
within the framework of the new initiative, development of free
trade in the economic sphere. E. Sinovich said that this initiative
is a new set of instruments that will give a possibility to further
develop both EU-RA nd many-sided relations.

A. Baghdasarian highly assessed the new initiative and attached
importance to signing of a free trade development agreement. He said
that Armenia is interested in promotion of political and economic
partnership with EU and in this respect expects EU’s assistance, as
deepening of political and economic cooperation is also an important
stability factor for the region.

According to the RA National Security Council Press Office, issues
regarding the Armenia-EU 2009-2011 actions plan were also discussed
at the meeting. In this context P. Semneby attached importance to
elaboration and implementation of human rights national programs.