ARMENIA CALLS FOR NEW COOPERATION DEAL WITH EUROPE
RIA Novosti
June 28
YEREVAN
Armenia and the European Union need a new future cooperation deal as
the 2009-2011 cooperation plan is coming to an end, the chairman of
Armenia’s National Security Council said on Tuesday.
Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger, who heads the EU delegation to Armenia,
and Artur Bagdasaryan, Secretary of the National Security Council,
co-chaired the sixth Advisory Board meeting convened by the European
Union Advisory Group on Tuesday.
In June 2010, Armenia and the European Union launched the negotiations
on Association Agreement (AA) to replace the existing Partnership
and Cooperation agreement.
“Talks about the Armenia-EU association agreement have advanced
successfully,” the Armenian official said.
Bagdasaryan said Armenia has proposed to the EU “a new program to
stimulate reforms in three directions – political, economic and
judicial.”
The Public Radio of Armenia quoted de Luzenberger as saying that
the EU “stands ready to support Armenia in moving forward reforms
linked to the AA negotiations and for the fulfillment of its national
priorities.”
From: A. Papazian