Saturday, November 25 2017 14:36

ArmInfo.The agreement with the EU is an opportunity to implement and intensify reforms carried out by Armenia, with the support of European partners, Gagik  Minasyan, chairman of the permanent parliamentary commission on  financial and budgetary issues, said at a press conference in Yerevan.

On November 24, Armenia signed the Agreement on Comprehensive and  Enhanced Partnership with the EU on the margins of the Eastern  Partnership Summit in Brussels. Signatures under the agreement in the  presence of RA President Serzh Sargsyan and Chairman of the European  Council Donald Tusk were appointed by the RA Foreign Minister Edward  Nalbandian and the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogerini.

"The agreement includes serious opportunities for sending the  development of the situation in Armenia, bringing the sphere of human  rights in line with Western standards, in this sense the Agreement on  Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership is not an ordinary document,  but a serious document that can further determine Armenia's progress  in many spheres ",- noted the Republican. 

In this light, Minasyan stressed the importance of Armenia's joining  the Trans-European transport network and initialing the Agreement on  the Common Aviation Zone.

The parliamentarian noted that ratification of the Agreement with  Armenia by 24 EU member states is evidence of their separation of  article on Karabakh from a clear statement of support for the Minsk  peace process on based on the application of the three fundamental  provisions of the Helsinki Act on the non-use of force, territorial  integrity and the right of peoples to self-determination. The  agreement on a comprehensive and expanded partnership has already  become public.

 The accent in the extensive 357-page document is put on the  affirmation of justice, freedom, security in Armenia; reforming the  Constitution and the judiciary; observance of human rights and  fundamental freedoms, etc. All this is provided that the European  Union participates in financing various projects in Armenia.