EU plans on Eastern Partnership to be known in DecemberNovember 12, 2008 - 16:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Union will announce its plans for cooperation within the Eastern Partnership on December 3."When the decision is announced, the delegation of the European Commission in Yerevan will furnish the essential information," Anahit Azatyan, a spokesperson for the EP Delegation in Yerevan, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The Eastern Partnership is a project which was presented by the foreign minister of Poland and assisted by Sweden at the EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council in Brussels on 26 May 2008. It is meant to complement the Northern Dimension and the Union for the Mediterranean by providing an institutionalized forum for discussing visa agreements, free trade deals and strategic partnership agreements with the EU's eastern neighbors, while avoiding the controversial topic of accession to the EU. The Eastern Partnership is supposed to include 27 member states of the European Union as well as Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. 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. Baku: EU, U.S. share responsibility for Armenia’s “destabilizing actions” Azerbaijan has declared that the European Union and the United States will share responsibility for any destabilizing actions of Armenia Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |