Thursday, November 17 2016 20:14

ArmInfo. Armenia pays an  important to own participation in the Eastern Partnership project,  and the meeting held in Yerevan is another evidence of that, Armenian 

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated at the press conference  dedicated to 8th meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Eastern  Partnership member countieis. 

Armenian Minister mentioned, that this is the second meeting in  Yerevan in such a format, and the first was held in September  2013.  "We had effective discussions in respect to all the issues having  importance within the framework of the Eastern Partnership. We also  referred to Riga Summit results, which are very significant for EU  and  partnership development," Armenian Minister stated. He reminded,  that the  Riga Summit Final Declaration  put the appropriate accents  and highlighted main dimensions of the  cooperation between  partnership members and their partners, both for bilateral and  multilateral development. 

According to Nalbandian, in  recent two years the implementation of  the Riga Summit Declaration is in the focus of attention of Armenia,  and Armenia has reached essential results in this field. " We  launched negotiations in respect to new framework Agreement  between  Armenia and EU, and parties succeeded  in reaching a certain  progress. We have also joined a number of EU  projects, particularly,  to the  Project on COSME ) competitiveness of small and medium  business enterprises), statrted a process of joining to the "Creative  Europe" initiative, etc," Nalbandian said.  He also mentioned in this  context, that consultations with EU regarding 2017-2020 Partnership  program have been started as well. 

Taking the opportunity, Ar menian Foreign Minister thanked EU for the  support and help, being provided to Armenia during all these years,  which, according to Nalbandian, played an essential role in the  implementation of reforms and improvement of institutions. 

Hahn mentioned, that at Riga Summit a decision was taken to   implement grouping in respect to ooperation aspects. 

As Hahn said, one of the aspects is  the essential support to small  and medium business, because EU considers the improvement of economy  as the main priority for the  population life level. The second  is  the transport and the energy infrastructure. He stated the need to  get from paperwork to real steps, and mentioned that the process  should be mutual. 

He also stated that he is informed in what conditions are the roads  between Armenia and Georgia, and accentuated that  an  appropriate  steps will be made in  respect to this issue