ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia Monday Appathurai: NATO all allies will welcome the signing of agreement between Armenia and EU on deep and extended partnership Yerevan June 12 Marianna Mkrtchyan. All NATO allies will welcome the signing of an agreement between Armenia and EU on a deep and expanded partnership. On June 12, during the press conference in Yerevan, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai said, answering the question of how the Alliance relates to the signing of the Armenia-EU framework agreement in autumn this year. "NATO allies will be happy that Armenia will be able to use all the benefits which can give cooperation with EU, as it does with the other side (European Economic Union-editor's noted)", NATO General Secretary representative said. In autumn of the current year in Brussels, during the Summit of Eastern Partnership, signing of frame agreement between Armenia and EU is scheduled. To remind, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and European Council representative Donald Tusk on February 27 in Brussels announced the finish of the negotiations on Armenia-EU agreement over new frame agreement. And on March 21 Armenia and EU initialed an agreement on integral and extended partnership in Yerevan. To note, on October 12, in Luxembourg, the Council authorized the European Commission and the High Representative to open negotiations on a new, legally binding and overarching agreement with Armenia, and adopted the corresponding negotiating mandate. This agreement will replace the current EU-Armenia partnership and cooperation agreement. The EU is committed to further developing and strengthening comprehensive cooperation with Armenia in all areas of mutual interest within the Eastern Partnership framework. On December 7, at the EU Headquarters in Brussels, Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, announced the launch of negotiations on the new Armenia- European Union framework agreement. The first round of the talks took place in Jan 2016. In late 2016, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian expressed hope that the talks on the new framework agreement will be over in the near future.