EU Advisory Group: Armenia must coordinate European integration activitiesNovember 10, 2011 - 15:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of the EU Advisory Group believes Armenia must introduce certain changes in coordination of European Integration activities. At the conference titled “Eastern Partnership: National and European Developments”, Antti Hartikainen urged against fragmentation of functions in European Integration activities. “To optimize results, Armenia should centralize relevant activities in one structure,” he said. Dwelling on current stage of Armenia-EU negotiations, Hartikainen noted creation of free trade zone among priority issues. “Despite positive results Armenia has shown over the last months, both Yerevan and EU must intensify activities in the framework of Eastern Partnership and Association Agreement,” Hartikainen concluded. Top stories 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. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |