Zohrab Mnatsakanyan: For Armenia, the EaP is a partnership formed on  a common European value system

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan in Bratislava took part in a joint meeting of the Visegrad Four countries, the Eastern Partnership and  the EU partner countries.According to the press service of the  Foreign Ministry of Armenia, the Foreign Ministers of Slovakia  Miroslav Lajchak, Czech Republic Thomas Petrichek, Hungary Peter  Siyarto, Poland Jacek Chaputovich, EU enlargement commissioner  Johannes Hahn, foreign ministers of the Eastern Partnership countries  of Armenia, Moldova, Georgia participated in the meeting. as well as  deputy foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Belarus and Ukraine.

During his welcoming speech, Mnatsakanyan stressed the importance of  holding meetings in similar formats on the eve of the Brussels  Ministerial Meeting on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the  EaP and a high-level forum, which provides an opportunity to analyze  the achievements of the Eastern Partnership over the past ten years,  as well as exchange views on the development vector for the coming  decade .At the same time, Mnatsakanyan described the Eastern  Partnership as an important platform for promoting cooperation of  Armenia. The head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry pointed out the  importance of a differentiated approach to cooperation with the EaP  countries and a comparison of cooperation approaches, as well as the  formation of a coordinated perception between the EU member states  regarding the Eastern Partnership. From this point of view, it was  particularly emphasized that for Armenia, the EaP is a partnership  formed on a common European value system.

Mnatsakanyan noted that at the core of the Eastern Partnership should  be a man, promoting his rights and freedoms, and based on this,  encouraging contacts between people.Regarding security issues and the  impact of conflicts, the Armenian Foreign Minister emphasized that  conflict situations are different and have different influences on  the partner countries, and therefore it is necessary to take a  separate approach based on the specific situation.At the same time,  Mnatsakanyan highly appreciated the Framework Agreement on  Partnership between Armenia and the European Union (CEPA), which,  among other things, can help advance the agenda of economic  development and modernization of the RA, including sectoral  cooperation. From this point of view, the Minister stressed the  importance of the balanced development of interrelated regional  programs.