ArmInfo.Armenia will sign an agreement in the fall of this year on an expanded and comprehensive partnership with the European Union. Answering the question of the participants of the all-Armenian youth gathering "Baze" in Tsaghkadzor, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated.
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.
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 Magherini 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 Piotr Switalski 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. Switalski said that he is not informed about whether there are challenges or obstacles that can prevent Armenia from signing this agreement.