ARMENIAN LEADER HAILS EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME

Mediamax
March 25 2009
Armenia

Yerevan, 25 March: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said Armenia
welcomes the establishment of a format of the EU Eastern Partnership
while meeting members of a group of European Union consultants, which
will work in Armenia, on 24 March in Yerevan, the Mediamax news agency
has reported.

"We are sure that the Eastern Partnership has aspects beneficial for
Armenia and we will be glad to work for implementation of projects
useful for our country", the president said.

Speaking about the beginning of work of the group of the EU
consultants, Sargsyan said that it will be "necessary and required".

The arrangement to send a group of EU consultants to Armenia was
achieved in February 2008 during Sargsyan’s visit to Brussels. The
group’s aim is to provide consultations to government entities for
implementation of political and economic reforms in the context of
Armenia’s Action Plan in the framework of European Neighbourhood
Policy.