Hamlet Matevosyan. Armenia and the EU agreed in the coming months to complement the formats of interaction, informed the Armenian Ministry of economy after the Brussels meeting of the Commission cooperation.
first it was planned that Armenia will sign the agreement on Association and free trade with the European Union in November 2013. However, Armenia has chosen to connect to the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and take part in the formation of 1 January 2015 quadrilateral of the Eurasian economic Union.
" It was decided to continue the discussion, and over the coming months to complement those areas and formats that will be acceptable to the parties and make preconditions For the subsequent development of relations ", - said in the report.
Armenia and the European Union discussed the development of cooperation in the framework of the European neighbourhood policy and the EU program " Eastern partnership ". The program " Eastern partnership " aims to bring together the EU and Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine. For example, it provides for the facilitation of the visa regime and energosotrudnichestve. Moldova, Georgia, and after a severe political confrontation Ukraine signed with the EU Treaty unity.
The participants of the meeting on Tuesday discussed the facilitation of the visa regime, the question of the readmission agreement, implemented programs in Armenia in the sphere of transport and further assistance in their implementation from the EU, as well as the development of the General aviation area and modernization of the Armenian NPP.
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