Process of ratification of Armenia-EU CEPA complete
05.11.2020,
16:13
The process of ratification of the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) is almost complete, Deputy Foreign Minister Avet Adonts said on Thursday during parliamentary hearings on the draft state budget for 2021.

YEREVAN, November 5. /АРKA/. The process of ratification of the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) is almost complete, Deputy Foreign Minister Avet Adonts said on Thursday during parliamentary hearings on the draft state budget for 2021.
"The ratification process is complete, since all 27 EU member states, taking into account internal procedures, have completed the ratification process, the last was Portugal, but there are three countries - Italy, Spain and Portugal, which have not yet officially notified the EU secretariat of the completion of the ratification procedures,' Adonts said.
As for the issue of liberalizing the visa regime with the EU, which is also provided for in the document, according to the Deputy Minister, the process is still very virtual.
"We have completed the implementation of the plans and the preparation of documents with almost all countries, investigated the existing problems and presented the possibilities for their solution before the start of the negotiations," Adonts said.
According to him, at the moment the relevant EU commissions have requested the necessary package of documents on liberalization of visa regime which the Armenian side also presented.
At the same time, he noted that not all countries were able to complete the discussion of the issue due to the coronavirus pandemic and the war.
The Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between Armenia and the European Union was signed on November 24, 2017 and ratified by the Armenian Parliament on April 11, 2018. Armenia became the first EEU country to sign such a document with the EU. –0--
"The ratification process is complete, since all 27 EU member states, taking into account internal procedures, have completed the ratification process, the last was Portugal, but there are three countries - Italy, Spain and Portugal, which have not yet officially notified the EU secretariat of the completion of the ratification procedures,' Adonts said.
As for the issue of liberalizing the visa regime with the EU, which is also provided for in the document, according to the Deputy Minister, the process is still very virtual.
"We have completed the implementation of the plans and the preparation of documents with almost all countries, investigated the existing problems and presented the possibilities for their solution before the start of the negotiations," Adonts said.
According to him, at the moment the relevant EU commissions have requested the necessary package of documents on liberalization of visa regime which the Armenian side also presented.
At the same time, he noted that not all countries were able to complete the discussion of the issue due to the coronavirus pandemic and the war.
The Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between Armenia and the European Union was signed on November 24, 2017 and ratified by the Armenian Parliament on April 11, 2018. Armenia became the first EEU country to sign such a document with the EU. –0--