ARMENIA EXCITED ABOUT EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

The News
April 21 2009
Poland

Head of Armenia’s Upper House of Parliament arrived in Warsaw today to
meet with Polish Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz on issues regarding
the Eastern Partnership, amongst other things.

Hovikiem Abrahamyan, head of the Armenian delegation, is very pleased
with to-date Polish-Armenian relations, and is especially excited to
be involved in the Eastern Partnership, the Polish-Swedish initiative
to create a cooperation between the European Union and its eastern
neighbours.

"The friendship between our countries, started already in the XI
century, is being continued by cooperation between our parliaments. We
want to strengthen this work even more," stated Abrahamyan.

Borusewicz added that the delegation also discussed further
inter-parliamentary cooperation between the countries. On Wednesday,
the delegation will visit Krakow.

"I am also so pleased that Armenia is excited about the [Eastern
Partnership]," stated Borusewicz.

The opening summit to inaugurate the Eastern Partnership will take
place on 7 May in Prague. The EU has allocated 600 million euro
towards the project to be used by 2013 to strengthen relations with
eastern neighbours.