Tuesday, January 24 2017 14:17

ArmInfo.European Union expects, that the positive dynamics fixed in Armenian-European relations, will remain the same in  2017, Piotr   Switalski, the Head  of EU Delegation in Armenia stated at a press conference in Yerevan. 

At that, he expressed  hope that new legal document between Armenia  and  EU will become a reality this year. The prospective is pretty  realistic and feasible. Parties are at the culmination stage really    and the solution is close. Armenian and European parties are busy  with very difficult work. "I cannot voice the names of negotiations  participants, but they are very close to sign the document," European  diplomat mentioned. He added that his will become an essential event  for 2017.  Negotiations will be brought to a final version and  completed. We expect that the relations capsulated in 2016, will  remain as they are in 2017, which will increase the level of our  cooperation, the diplomat mentioned. 

At the same time he added that in upcoming months EU will  work in  five priority aspects. Particularly, that will be the elections  process, and EU has rendered pretty serious tools for that, hence the  parliamentary elections will be in the focus of  EU attention. The  next is that we want to continue our efforts in respect to the  business environment in Armenia, and the third is the cooperation in  the aspect of anti corruption struggle, Switalski mentioned. 

Switalski referred also to the interaction of Armenia and EU and  noted that 2016 showed good results, particularly in respect to  approval of three bilateral projects, with total cost of EUR  9 mln.