Luxemburg hosted the 10th session of EU-Armenia Coordination Council. The meeting presided over by FM Edward Nalbandyan was attended by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Blidt, Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, State Secretary for European Affairs Diego López Garrido and EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby, EU press service reports.

During the session, Armenian FM introduced Armenia's recent steps towards implementation of European Neighborhood Policy action plan, stressing that its effective implementation was a priority for Armenia-EU cooperation. Parties expressed satisfaction with the results, noting at the same time that there were prospects for broadening the scopes of the program.

They also exchanged views on Eastern Partnership initiative, attaching significance to the full-fledged use of its potential, i.e. elaboration of associate agreement, conclusion of comprehensive agreement on free trade and simplification of visa regime. European side introduced steps towards normalizations of Armenian-Turkish ties, stressing the importance of speedy ratification of recently signed Protocols and their implementation without preconditions. Upon the request of European side, FM Nalbandyan introduced recent developments in Karabakh settlement process, RA MFA press service reports.