EU says planning to expand financial assistance for Armenia by 20-25%December 19, 2017 - 18:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Union is planning to increase allocations for Armenia by 20-25%, the head of the bloc's delegation to Armenia Piotr Switalski said on Tuesday, December 19. Addressing the 17th session of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, Switalski said Armenia has initiated a pretty ambitious framework of reforms which cover a number of sectors from human rights to economic development. The EU's priority, he said, is to provide financial support in this process, Panorama.am reports. Also, the European official expressed hope that the new agreement will help expand the framework of Armenia-EU cooperation. Switalski reminded that Armenia is the first member of the Eastern Partnership program to negotiate a new type of document with the EU, which, according to him,may greatly contribute to the relations between the country and the bloc. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |