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.
