France has not made final decision on Eastern Partnership initiative yetJuly 17, 2008 - 19:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - France has not made a final decision on the Eastern Partnership initiative yet, France's Ambassador to Armenia Serge Smessov said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net "The Action Plan opens wide possibilities to bring closer the EU and South Caucasus, let it be modernization and democratization or economic closing with a possibility of creation of a free trade zone," he said. European Union leaders backed lately plans to offer closer ties to the bloc's eastern neighbors, partly to match a more ambitious project for the Mediterranean region. The Eastern Partnership plan is to offer new areas of cooperation to Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and, subject to domestic reforms, Belarus. But the plan is vague, with details only to be worked out by March, 2009. The EU's eastern neighbors are already linked to Brussels through the strictly bilateral European Neighborhood Policy, which offers countries better trade access, economic assistance and visa liberalization as they adapt to EU standards. 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 | 151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation. France welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan meeting in Almaty France has welcomed the new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. IDBank issues 2nd tranche of dollar bonds of 2024 On May 13, 2024, IDBank placed registered coupon bonds under the abbreviation AMANLBB2PER9. Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. |