ArmInfo.Armenia and the European Union, most likely, in November this year at the Brussels summit of the Eastern Partnership will sign an agreement on an expanded and comprehensive partnership. This was announced on August 28 at the press conference in Yerevan by the director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan.
"The real process that is taking place today is the preparation for the signing of the Armenia-EU agreement. The document is ready for signing,Remained only technical issues. Today, there are no political differences between Yerevan and Brussels and, most likely, in November the document will be signed, "Iskandaryan concluded. Earlier, ArmInfo reported that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and European Council President Donald Tusk announced in Brussels on February 27 the completion of the negotiations on the Armenia-EU agreement around the new framework agreement. And on March 21 in Yerevan Armenia and the EU initialed an agreement on a comprehensive and expanded partnership. The agreement is planned to be signed in autumn in Brussels at the Eastern Partnership summit.
Note that on October 12, 2015 in Luxembourg for the meeting of the EU Council on Foreign Affairs, the Council of the European Union for Foreign Affairs authorized the European Commission and the High Representative to open negotiations between Armenia and the EU on a new legal instrument. The new agreement will replace the current agreement on cooperation between Armenia and the EU. At the same time, the document notes that the EU seeks to further develop and strengthen all-round cooperation with Armenia in all areas of mutual interest in the framework of the Eastern Partnership. On December 7 of the same year in Brussels, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and EU diplomat Federica Magerini at the EU headquarters announced the start of negotiations over a new legal document between Armenia and the European Union. In January of 2016, the first round of negotiations was held.
As the head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Petr Svitalsky stated on June 20 at the press conference in Yerevan, there are no political obstacles to the agreement of the EU side. At the same time, he was at a loss to say whether such obstacles existed on the part of Armenia. Svitalsky said that he is not informed about whether there are challenges or obstacles that can prevent Armenia from signing this agreement.
ArmInfo. Ambassadors of different states in Armenia from time to time make statements on various issues, and they are different from the point of view of diplomatic ethics. Such an opinion was expressed on August 28 at a press conference in Yerevan by the director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan, referring to the statement of US Ambassador Richard Mills concerning the fact that the US wants to give Armenia tools to continue making sovereign decisions.
ArmInfo. The fact that there is currently a tense situation at Karabakh conflict zone is completely unrelated to the previous presidential elections in Artsakh, such opinion was expressed at the press conference by the director of Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan.
ArmInfo"The result of the meeting in Brussels of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan is a simple statement of the negotiation process continues." The fact that Azerbaijan did not cancel the meeting despite the aggravation of the situation on the border is very revealing. "The aggravation of the conflict is the tactics of Azerbaijan. Time has become a habit to combine negotiations with the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, "said Alexander Iskandaryan, Director of the Caucasus Institute at a press conference on July 13 at a press conference in Yerevan..