Ambassador: text of Armenia-EU association agreement likely to be unveiled after eastern partnership summit in Vilnius
27.11.2013,
20:01
The text of the Armenia-EU Association Agreement that was expected to be initialed on November 28 or 29 at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius is believed to be unveiled after the summit, Novosti-Armenia quoted Polish Ambassador to Armenia Zdzislaw Raczynski as saying today at “Armenia in a Deadlock or on a Crossroad: Ahead of Vilnius” political discussion. He said there is nothing reprehensible in it.
YEREVAN, November 27. /ARKA/. The text of the Armenia-EU Association Agreement that was expected to be initialed on November 28 or 29 at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius is believed to be unveiled after the summit, Novosti-Armenia quoted Polish Ambassador to Armenia Zdzislaw Raczynski as saying today at “Armenia in a Deadlock or on a Crossroad: Ahead of Vilnius” political discussion. He said there is nothing reprehensible in it.
Asked why then the document hadn’t been published before, he stressed that if Armenia initialed the agreement in Vilnius, it would mean the signing of only the first and final pages of the document, and details, legal concepts etc. had to be specified throughout approximately one year.
In early September, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, made a joint statement, according to which Armenia has decided to join the Customs Union and to take part in formation of the Eurasian Union in the future.
The statement came as Armenia was poised to sign the Association Agreement with the European Union aimed at making European Union’s ties with Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova and Georgia closer.
After the statement, the official Brussels said it would not initial the Association Agreement with Armenia. ----0----
