ArmInfo.The agreement with the EU will have a positive effect on real political reforms, improving the business environment and Armenia's interaction with Brussels. Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan expressed an opinion of ArmInfo.
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 the president 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 Mogherini.
"I think that the European Union will support certain directions of the reforms carried out by the Armenian government, not only by an expert technical assessment, but also by direct financial injections." Of course, there is no need to change all internal Armenian realities at one stroke, because for an elementary sense of the effect of reforms, in the direction of harmonization of the Armenian legislation with the European one, "the political scientist said.
In general, Iskandaryan assesses the agreement as a well-developed framework agreement with obligations and regulatory framework, presupposing actions on both sides.
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. The agreement will come into force after ratification by the parliaments of Armenia and 28 EU member states.