  Latvia ratifies Armenia-EU agreement April 19, 2018 - 19:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Latvia officially ratified Armenia-EU agreement. The information was posted by the head of Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Armen Ashotyan on his official Facebook page. “The Latvian Parliament has ratified the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership agreement in the second reading”, stated the post. The votes were distributed as following: 76 for, 0 against, 0 blank votes. Latvia is the second country in the EU after Lithuania to officially ratify the agreement. On April 18, the Armenian president Armen Sarkissian signed the law on ratifying the agreement between Armenia from one side and EU and European Atomic Energy Community and its Member States from the other side on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership. On November 24, 2017, during 5th EU Eastern Partnership summit new Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership agreement was signed between Armenia and EU. The negotiations on the agreement took two years. The pre-signing of the agreement was on March 21, 2017. The text of this agreement was later presented to the public and was mainly positively assessed by the experts. It is expected that by signing the new agreement measurable improvements will be done in Armenia.  Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.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. |
