Wednesday, March 29 2017 20:59

ArmInfo.President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on a working visit to the Republic of Malta, took part in the congress of the European People's Party (EPP).

In his speech, Sargsyan said that the current year began actively in  terms of Armenia-EU relations. "At the end of February, a truly  historic event took place: in Brussels, together with Chairman Tusk,  we announced the completion of negotiations on a new legal document  regulating our bilateral relations - an agreement on comprehensive  and expanded partnership. Only a week ago, in Yerevan, the parties  had already initialed it. We are planning to sign this important  document at the forthcoming summit of the Eastern Partnership,  relying also on the assistance of our partners. After the entry into  force, it will open a new page in Armenia's relations with the  European Union, consolidating the institutional foundations of these  relations, creating new opportunities for expanding and deepening our  partnership," he stressed.

The President noted that the cooperation of Armenia and the European  Union is a model of a successful partnership, which, on the one hand,  is the result of Armenia's consistency in the issues of the European  agenda, and on the other hand, the new approach of the European Union  in recent years to develop an individual partnership with the Eastern  Partnership countries. In his opinion, in this process Armenia has  demonstrated from its own experience that it is possible to combine  different integration processes, extracting from each and giving each  positive and useful that unites the states, and does not separate  them.

"In just three days, parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia.  This is an important milestone on the road to the democratization of  our country after the constitutional reforms. Taking into account the  specifics of the country's development, we set ourselves the task of  making a confident step towards building a European model democracy  and further strengthening democratic institutions. We are full of  determination and are doing everything possible to hold elections  corresponding to high international criteria. To observe the  elections, Armenia invited all relevant international structures: the  OSCE/ODIHR, PACE, the European Parliament, the OSCE Parliamentary  Assemblies and the CIS, "he said, thanking the EU and the EPP for  their assistance in this important process for Armenia.