IT IS PLANNED TO SIGN ARMENIA-EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BY LATE 2010

NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 25, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. During the May 25 special sitting of
the interdepartmental commission coordinating cooperation of Armenian
state bodies with European organizations, the European Commission’s
2009 annual report on Armenia was discussed, the work done so far was
summed up, and the existing problems were indicated. The sitting was
conducted by Secretary of Armenia’s National Security Council (NSC)
Arthur Baghdasarian.

A. Baghdasrian said that the European Union expressed a high
opinion about the process of carrying out the measures to ensure the
implementation of the Armenia-EU Action Plan, but at the same time
some concerns were voiced and work should be done in this connection.

“We should be able to ensure the proper implementation of all the
actions envisaged the program of measures at the stated time. There
are several unsolved problems, some ministries failed to fulfill their
obligations because of financial problems. It is necessary to organize
this work most efficiently in order to receive satisfactory results,”
A. Baghdasarian said.

According to the press office of the NSC Secretary, the
interdepartmental commission members, Deputy Foreign Minister Arman
Kirakosian and Deputy Minister of Economy Mushegh Tumasian presented
the work done for the signing of the Armenia-EU Association Agreement
and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. It is planned
to sign the Armenia-EU Association Agreement by late 2010.

From: A. Papazian