ArmInfo.The agreement on an expanded and comprehensive partnership is the version of the Association Agreement that does not contradict Armenia's obligations within the framework of the EAEU. On November 11, Edmond Marukyan, deputy of the Elk faction, told journalists.
According to him, Armenia has lost four years, since in 2013 it could sign an agreement of this kind with the EU. As a result of this, according to Marukyan, in recent years Armenia has experienced regress in various areas.
Nevertheless, according to the deputy of the Elk bloc, the greatest successes among the Eastern Partnership countries were registered by Armenia, having fulfilled its tasks best of all.
The Armenia-EU comprehensive and expanded partnership agreement is intended to replace the Association Agreement, which was agreed by Yerevan and Brussels, but they were not initialed, since in September 2013 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan unexpectedly for many announced Armenia's decision to participate in the Eurasian integration, which, in fact, meant a disruption of the signing of the Association Agreement. Many analysts then suggested that the reason for the sharp change was the strong pressure from Moscow. However, official Yerevan did not admit this.
Yerevan and Brussels later began to consider the possibility of negotiating a less ambitious agreement, which would not contradict Armenia's obligations in the framework of its membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, after meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on December 7, 2015 in Brussels, said that the start of a new negotiating stage would close the page of uncertainty that emerged after 2013. On February 27, 2017, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, after talks with European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels, announced the completion of the talks. On March 21, 2017, Armenia and the EU initialed the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership. It is expected that the agreement will be signed on November 24 at the EaP Summit in Brussels.
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