  EU ready to consider new agreement with Armenia: Council chair May 8, 2015 - 13:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 3 members of the European Unions’ Eastern Partnership (Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus) must take the opportunity extended by the initiative to develop a mutually beneficial cooperation, Latvian Foreign Minister, the EU Council chairman Edgars Rinkevics said, according to Interfax.by. “We also seek to assist the countries not yet affiliated with the WTO in joining the organization. WTO membership will open up a range of new opportunities for the countries in question.” “With Azerbaijan, EU can renew a dialogue on new terms of cooperation in the sectors of economy and free trade. With Belarus, a more structured and regular dialogue could be started. With Armenia, the EU is ready to consider a new agreement,” Rinkevics said. Specific interests of these countries should be taken into account here, to be included into the statement of the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, he concluded. The Eastern Partnership summit in Riga is due on May 21-22.  Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates  Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
