ArmInfo.We are going to make new initiatives during meetings with our colleagues, which will give us an opportunity to promote the process of reforms that we have already started, the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated in an interview to Euractiv.
The introduction of European business ethics and culture in a number of spheres will strengthen our capabilities and contribute to the development of infrastructure. I am confident that our European partners will respond positively to our programmes, he noted. The Armenian Prime Minster recalled that he was hosted by the European structures in July 2018, on the sidelines of the NATO summit. In the negotiations with our European partners, we agreed to continue the programmes we had initiated earlier, elaborate a roadmap, which would serve as a guideline for the implementation of all previous agreements. Today, as we are working with our European partners to implement the roadmap, we also have the opportunity to think about the prospects of expanding our partnership.
Answering the question whether Serzh Sargsyan's decision not to sign the Deep and Comprehensive Agreement with the EU now look like a mistake, Pashinyan stated:
The CEPA streamlines EU-Armenia cooperation and provides a good basis for effective cooperation and implementation of various joint projects. Even in its non-ratified status, it allows to initiate and implement different projects. It has already been ratified by ten EU member countries. We hope that the document will be fully effective by the end of the year, the Prime Minister added.