Minister says no obstacles on Armenian side for signing agreement with European Union
19.09.2017,
10:10
On the Armenian side, there are no obstacles for signing a framework agreement with the European Union, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said at the sixth Armenia-Diaspora Forum on Monday.
YEREVAN, September 18. /ARKA/. On the Armenian side, there are no obstacles for signing a framework agreement with the European Union, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said at the sixth Armenia-Diaspora Forum on Monday.
"As for the framework Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the EU, the signing of which is planned for November, there are no obstacles on our side, and we will not create any obstacles for signing this agreement," Nalbandian said.
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 Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan announced that the country was going to become part of the Russian-led Customs Union.
On December 7, 2015 Armenia and the EU launched talks on a new framework agreement after EU Foreign Affairs Council authorized earlier the European Commission and the High Representative to open negotiations on a new legal basis for relations with Armenia on October 13. -0-
"As for the framework Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the EU, the signing of which is planned for November, there are no obstacles on our side, and we will not create any obstacles for signing this agreement," Nalbandian said.
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 Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan announced that the country was going to become part of the Russian-led Customs Union.
On December 7, 2015 Armenia and the EU launched talks on a new framework agreement after EU Foreign Affairs Council authorized earlier the European Commission and the High Representative to open negotiations on a new legal basis for relations with Armenia on October 13. -0-
