Benita Ferrero-Waldner: we hope to share our experience with Armenia through Eastern PartnershipJanuary 19, 2009 - 19:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Union is willing to build good relations with Armenia and established an outpost of the European Commission Delegation in the republic, an EU official said. "An expert group, jointly with EP mission will help bring Armenia closer to European standards," Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner responsible for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy, said during a joint news conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan today. "Meeting the ENP requirements, Armenia will make an advance," she said. "On May, the first ever summit on Eastern Partnership will focus on trade, energy, visa system and border security issues. Moreover, we hope to share our experience with Armenia through this initiative." For his part, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian said that Armenia welcomes the Eastern Partnership initiative which will offer new tools to develop relations between the EU and Armenia. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |