Arpine Hovhannisyan: Membership in the EEA and cooperation with the  EU is our success story

ArmInfo. The Comprehensive and Expanded Partnership Agreement will deepen Armenia-European Union cooperation in the fields of energy, transport, environment,  investment, and the expansion of societies. It is based on a common  basis of European values - a stable commitment to democracy, human  rights and the rule of law.

This was announced by the head of the delegation of the National Assembly from the rostrum of PACE Meeting  in Armenia in PACE Arpine Hovhannisyan.

She stressed that the document will give a new impetus to the  sectoral cooperation between the RA and the EU, where in recent years  the parties have made significant progress and focused on  infrastructure ties. The Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament also  noted that this agreement, along with important political issues,  also provides for combining efforts to combat international  terrorism, preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass  destruction and promoting peaceful conflict resolution.

Arpine Hovhannisyan emphasized that, as a landlocked country, Armenia  attaches great importance to various integration projects. "Today,  when the world faces serious problems, dialogue and cooperation are  more important than ever." In the context of globalization,  instability in one region may have greater consequences, so we must  unite our efforts to ensure stability and peace. "Cooperation between  various integration structures can greatly contribute to the  formation of a common space without separation lines, "she said.

The head of the Armenian delegation to PACE also stressed that  Armenia's firm position is that participation in one integration  community does not limit the possibility of cooperation with other  structures.

"This is our formula for membership in the Eurasian Economic Union  and our cooperation with the EU." Hovhannisyan quoted from the  documents of the European Parliament that the Agreement on  Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership between Armenia and the EU  serves as an example of how co- existence of participation in the EEA  and participation in the Neighborhood Policy EU: Today we are proud  of the fact that Armenia has succeeded in diversification, this is  our success story, "she added.  It should be noted that on November  24, 2017, during the Eastern Partnership Summit, Armenia and the  European Union signed the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced  Partnership.