ArmInfo.The agreement signed by Armenia and the EU supports the solution of the Karabakh conflict in accordance with the norms of international law, signing the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership with the EU, the head of European diplomacy, Federica Mogherini, with the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
On November 24, Armenia signed the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership with the EU on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels. "In this light, the work of the mediators of the OSCE Minsk Group in the negotiations on the settlement of this conflict is extremely important," she said.
Noting that such an agreement was signed with a member state of the Eurasian Union for the first time, Magerini stressed the necessity and importance of engaging the agreement in order to extract the benefits expected from it.
In his turn, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian assessed the agreement as supporting the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, based on the three principles of international law. And as one of the most important outcomes of the Brussels summit, which opened a new chapter in the relations between Armenia and the European Union. According to him, the parties laid the foundation for broader economic and sectoral contacts, increasing the mobility of citizens.
The agreement on a comprehensive and expanded partnership has already become public. The accent in the extensive 357-page document is put on the affirmation of justice, freedom, security in Armenia; reforming the Constitution and the judiciary; observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, etc. All this is provided that the European Union participates in financing various projects in Armenia.