TREATY OF LISBON COMING INTO FORCE WON’T AFFECT ARMENIA-EU RELATIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.11.2009 14:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ With Treaty of Lisbon coming into force, Armenia-EU
relations will not undergo any changes, Deputy Foreign Minister of
Armenia Karine Ghazinyan said.

"Collaboration between Armenia and the European Union has already been
established. Europe will face organizational issues only, I believe,"
she told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Ms. Ghazinyan voiced hope that internal changes in Europe will help
development of Armenia-EU collaboration. "An EU delegation will arrive
in Yerevan on December 9 to discuss Armenia’s commitment to human
rights. This testifies our intention to get closer to the European
family," she said.

The Treaty of Lisbon is an international agreement signed in Lisbon
on 13 December 2007 designed to change the workings of the European
Union (EU). Having been ratified by all EU member states, the treaty
will enter into force on 1 December 2009.

Changes include more qualified majority voting in the Council of
Minister, increased involvement of the European Parliament in the
legislative process through extended codecision with the Council
of Ministers, eliminating the pillar system and the creation of
a President of the European Council with a term of two and a half
years and a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs
and Security Policy to present a united position on EU policies. The
Treaty will also make the Union’s human rights charter, the Charter
of Fundamental Rights, legally binding.