Second stage of talks between Armenia and EU on comprehensive air transport agreement will kick off in summer
03.05.2017,
15:29
The second stage of the negotiations between Armenia and the European Union on the Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (Common Aviation Area between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union) will kick off in summer.
YEREVAN, May 3. /ARKA/. The second stage of the negotiations between Armenia and the European Union on the Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (Common Aviation Area between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union) will kick off in summer.
In the frames of this agreement the Republic of Armenia will join the EU Common Aviation Area, and as a result the parties will liberalize the market, providing the airlines with the opportunity to operate the routes without any limitations and enjoy equal opportunities of servicing a market with a population of 500 million.
The effective European standards will be introduced in the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian and foreign airlines will be provided with the opportunity to operate air routes based on commercial considerations without any limiting interference by the states.
To recall, on 1 December of 2016 the Council of EU Transport Ministers adopted a mandate that allowed the European Commission to start negotiations with the Republic of Armenia.
The first stage of the talks kicked off on March 27. According to the head of the General Department of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Armenia Sergey Avetisyan, during the talks the sides identified those points which need to be elaborated.
He told journalists today that the first stage of the negotiations was very productive and dynamic. According to Avetisyan, the sides have a positive attitude, and if it keeps on, the negotiations will be over soon enough.
"This agreement is very important for the development of the civil aviation of Armenia, as it is one of the steps in the open sky policy. We are liberalizing the field for all EU countries and are introducing those amendments into our legislation that will create a legal and security basis for airlines," he said.
Former Soviet republics of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, which are members of the EU’s Eastern Partnership program, have already joined the common aviation area agreement. -0-
In the frames of this agreement the Republic of Armenia will join the EU Common Aviation Area, and as a result the parties will liberalize the market, providing the airlines with the opportunity to operate the routes without any limitations and enjoy equal opportunities of servicing a market with a population of 500 million.
The effective European standards will be introduced in the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian and foreign airlines will be provided with the opportunity to operate air routes based on commercial considerations without any limiting interference by the states.
To recall, on 1 December of 2016 the Council of EU Transport Ministers adopted a mandate that allowed the European Commission to start negotiations with the Republic of Armenia.
The first stage of the talks kicked off on March 27. According to the head of the General Department of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Armenia Sergey Avetisyan, during the talks the sides identified those points which need to be elaborated.
He told journalists today that the first stage of the negotiations was very productive and dynamic. According to Avetisyan, the sides have a positive attitude, and if it keeps on, the negotiations will be over soon enough.
"This agreement is very important for the development of the civil aviation of Armenia, as it is one of the steps in the open sky policy. We are liberalizing the field for all EU countries and are introducing those amendments into our legislation that will create a legal and security basis for airlines," he said.
Former Soviet republics of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, which are members of the EU’s Eastern Partnership program, have already joined the common aviation area agreement. -0-
