Latvia becomes second EU member country to ratify CEPA
19.04.2018,
15:21
The parliament of Latvia has ratified unanimously the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Armenia, the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.
YEREVAN, April 19. /ARKA/. The parliament of Latvia has ratified unanimously the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Armenia, the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.
The news was announced by Armen Ashotyan, the head of an Armenian parliamentary committee on foreign issues on his Facebook page.
Latvia became the second EU country after Estonia to have ratified this agreement. Armenian president Armen Sarkissian signed on April 18 the law on ratification of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement
The CEPA was signed on November 24, 2017, at the fifth summit of the Eastern Partnership Program in Brussels. It will come into force after all 28 EU member states and Armenia ratify it. The first EU country to have ratified the agreement was Estonia.
Armenia and the EU were supposed to sign the Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) at a 2013 November Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius but on September 3 Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan announced that the country was going to become part of the Russian-led Customs Union.
In early October 2015 the EU Foreign Affairs Council authorized the European Commission and the High Representative to open negotiations on a new legal basis for relations with Armenia. The new agreement will replace the current agreement on partnership and cooperation between the EU and Armenia.-0-
The news was announced by Armen Ashotyan, the head of an Armenian parliamentary committee on foreign issues on his Facebook page.
Latvia became the second EU country after Estonia to have ratified this agreement. Armenian president Armen Sarkissian signed on April 18 the law on ratification of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement
The CEPA was signed on November 24, 2017, at the fifth summit of the Eastern Partnership Program in Brussels. It will come into force after all 28 EU member states and Armenia ratify it. The first EU country to have ratified the agreement was Estonia.
Armenia and the EU were supposed to sign the Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) at a 2013 November Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius but on September 3 Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan announced that the country was going to become part of the Russian-led Customs Union.
In early October 2015 the EU Foreign Affairs Council authorized the European Commission and the High Representative to open negotiations on a new legal basis for relations with Armenia. The new agreement will replace the current agreement on partnership and cooperation between the EU and Armenia.-0-
