ArmInfo. The balance of power in the region has never been violated. The Russian analyst, expert on the South Caucasus Sergey Markedonov, expressed such an opinion on November 3 in Yerevan in a conversation with journalists on a question of ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of Armenia Armen Ashotyan on October 30, speaking at a meeting of the Political Affairs Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of EuroNest in Kiev, touched upon the issues of Armenia-EU cooperation, as well as the current stage of the process of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. According to the press service of the Armenian Parliament, Ashotyan stressed the importance of signing the Agreement on a comprehensive and expanded partnership of the EU-Armenia, which will be signed in November at the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels. In this context, Ashotyan noted that the signed agreement provides for a qualitative increase in the level of relations between Armenia and the EU, which, in turn, will create an opportunity for more active cooperation. Armen Ashotyan also noted that the political part of the agreement is almost the same as that of the countries that signed the association, and in this respect Armenia expects political support from the EU to improve the efficiency of the judicial system, improve the institutions of democracy and protect human rights.

ArmInfo. The referendum in  Catalonia made significant corrections to the European vision of the  Karabakh conflict. Armen Ashotyan, chairman of the NA Standing  Committee on Foreign Relations, expressed this opinion during a round  table organized by the Armenian Institute of International Affairs  and Security.

ArmInfo. The publication of 357 pages of the text of the Armenia- EU Agreement excludes any speculation about its content. Of course, only in theory. Such a view was expressed by its founder Stepan Safaryan during a round table organized by the Armenian Institute of International Affairs and Security.

ArmInfo. The European Union and Armenia announced at a high level on their readiness to sign an agreement on a comprehensive and expanded partnership at the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Karen Nazaryan stated this in a conversation with journalists in Yerevan on October 24, answering the question whether Armenia will actually sign a framework agreement with the EU in November of this year.

ArmInfo. I assure you that all the necessary steps are being taken to sign an agreement on a comprehensive and expanded Armenia-EU partnership at the Brussels Summit of the Eastern Partnership in November. The head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Piotr Switalski stated this on October 24 in Yerevan in an interview with journalists, answering the question whether it is possible that due to technical procedures the parties will not sign the framework agreement in November this year.

ArmInfo.Armenia-EU relations are one of the main directions of the Armenian foreign  policy. On October 19, during his speech at the fourth Assembly of Armenians of Europe, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated.

ArmInfo.Head of the Yerevan office of the Council of Europe Natalia Vutova is convinced that signing the agreement on a comprehensive and expanded partnership  Armenia-EU will open new opportunities for continuing cooperation between Yerevan and Brussels.

ArmInfo.Armen Ashotyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of Armenia, received the Commissioner for Eastern Europe,  Caucasus and Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the  Republic of Germany Andreas Peschke, the Commissioner for Emigration  and National Minorities of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs,  Bundestag deputy Hartmut Koshik and Bundestag deputy Stefan Mayer.  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Armenia  Bernhard Matthias Kiesler also attended the meeting.

ArmInfo.Armenia and Czech Republic held inter-MFA political consultations. 

ArmInfo.Armenia has close ties with the European Union and it intends to expand  comprehensive cooperation in all areas of mutual interest. On October 2, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian announced this at a joint press conference with the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Johannes Khan.

ArmInfo. Armenia-EU agreement, scheduled for signing in November, provides the basis for close cooperation in a number of areas: energy, transport, trade, environment, and the prospects for investment growth, said Maya Kosyanchich, spokeswoman for the European Commission on Foreign Relations and Security.

ArmInfo.The head of the EU delegation in Armenia, Piotr Switalski, positively assesses the fact of the forthcoming signing of a framework agreement between Yerevan and Brussels.

ArmInfo.To date, there are no major obstacles to the signing of a framework agreement  between Armenia and the European Union. This was announced on September 13 in Yerevan by the director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan.  <The document is ready for signing, otherwise it would not have been initialed. The EU gave its consent, there are no obstacles from the Armenian side either. The possibility of  signing an agreement in Brussels in November is great, "the expert said.

ArmInfo. European Union is ready to sign an agreement on an expanded and comprehensive partnership with Armenia in November this year at the Eastern Partnership summit, and today there are no circumstances that can prevent it. On September 12, in Yerevan in an interview with journalists, German Ambassador to Armenia Matthias Kiesler stated.

ArmInfo. After Armenia signs a framework agreement with the European Union, and for all preconditions, it will become the only state that, as a member of the Eurasian Economic Union, has signed an agreement on cooperation with the EU. French Ambassador to Yerevan Jean-Francois Charpentier told journalists in Yerevan on September 12, referring to the statement of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan regarding the fact that the European Union announced in 2013 that it is impossible to continue the interaction after Yerevan announced its intention to join the EEU. The diplomat urged not to look back and look towards the future. "Naturally, one can not be simultaneously in two completely different integration projects. However, this does not mean that an independent and sovereign state can not make its own independent choice of the way of its development. But I want to emphasize one thing, on the day when the Armenia-EU framework agreement is signed, and I believe that there are all prerequisites for this, the RA will become the only state that, being a member of the EEA, signed an agreement on cooperation with the EU. And the new Armenia-EU agreement is ambitious enough and opens wide opportunities for Yerevan, "the diplomat said.

ArmInfo. The EU does not see  any signals from the Armenian side, indicating a possible abandonment  of the commitments undertaken earlier by Yerevan to sign the new  framework agreement Armenia-EU. Commenting on the possibility of  Yerevan's refusal to sign the agreement under Moscow's pressure, the  head of the EU delegation in Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Switalski,  told journalists in Yerevan on September 11.

ArmInfo. "The signing of the new agreement between Armenia and the European Union will be a new stage of bilateral cooperation," the head of EU delegation to  Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Switalski, stated at a meeting with  Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan on September 8.

ArmInfo. The European Union is preparing to sign an agreement with Armenia on an expanded and comprehensive partnership. This was announced by the Head of the  EU Delegation in Armenia Piotr Switalski on September 6 in Yerevan on the margins of the presentation of the Erasmus + program. 

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.