Armenia signed agreements on mutual recognition of visas with 10 EU countries in 2010January 12, 2011 - 16:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Arthur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of the RA National Security Council, head of the intedepartmental committee on coordination of Armenia’s state bodies cooperation with the European institutions, said that Armenia signed agreements on mutual recognition of visas with 10 EU countries in 2010 – Cyprus, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania and France. Works on visa regime relaxation with the EU countries will be continued in 2011, Baghdasaryan told a press conference in Yerevan. He noted that Armenia fulfilled 80 out of 197 priority measures of the European Neighborhood Policy. According to him, works on expanding the contractual basis between Armenia and the EU are still under way. Armenia has already signed agreements on income and property double taxation avoidance and tax evasion prevention with 17 out of 27 EU member states. Besides, Armenia negotiates with Sweden and Slovakia in this field. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |