Saturday, March 25 2017 15:41

ArmInfo. On March 24, in Yerevan, in the building of the Union of Artists of Armenia, the photo exhibition "Closer Union", dedicated to the 60th anniversary of  the Treaty of Rome is opened.

At the exhibition opening, the head of the EU delegation to Armenia  Piotr Switalski delivered a welcoming speech, who noted that the  Treaty of Rome is a vivid example of how a small paper can change the  whole course of history. "These agreements established the following  principles for the entire European path: peace, solidarity,  prosperity, equality, tolerance and legitimacy. These principles  helped to rethink and change the whole concept of the European  Union", the Diplomat noted. And in this context, he added that today,  Europe, in the face of the European Union, is the most peaceful,  secure, generous place comparing with other continents.

In his turn, Italian Ambassador to Armenia Giovanni Ricchuli noted  that the opened exhibition is the evidence of the successes that  Europe has achieved since the signing of the Treaty of Rome. He  recalled that Europe in the course of its entire history confronted  one or another of the challenges. "To this day, thanks to unity,  Europe has successfully managed to deal with challenges. It was so,  because all countries were convinced that European integration is a  necessity, proceeding from the interests of all. And this approach  corresponds to reality", the Diplomat noted. According to him, it is  not a secret for anyone that Europe is still facing serious  challenges. Ricchuli is convinced that the time has come for the  Europeans, in the light of new challenges, to demonstrate how much  they appreciate the great cooperation and solidarity.

To note, the exhibition is organized by the delegation of the  European Union in Armenia and the Italian Embassy in Armenia and will  last until March 27.

The Treaty of Rome is an international treaty signed in 1957 by the  Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands  and Luxembourg on the elimination of all obstacles to the free  movement of people, goods, services and capital. The Treaty of Rome  of 1957 became the document that laid the foundation for the European  Economic Community. In addition, on March 25, 1957, the same states  signed another Rome Treaty, which laid the foundation for the  functioning of the European Atomic Energy Community.

In modern terms, the Treaty of Rome consists of 6 parts (314  articles). The first part establishes the principles of the  functioning of the European Community; the second part regulates the  issues of citizenship, the third defines the main directions of the  community policy (the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers  of the European Union, the European Commission, the European  Accounting Chamber, the European Socio-Economic Committee, the  Committee of the Regions, the European Investment Bank), the fourth  part regulates the issues of association with other countries and  territories, the fifth defines community institutions, the sixth part  includes general and final provisions. The latest changes to the  Treaty of Rome were made by the Lisbon Treaty (officially called the  Lisbon Treaty on Amendments to the Treaty on the European Union and  the Treaty Establishing the European Community), which entered into  force in 2009.