RA MFA: New Armenia-EU cooperation program to be ready in  approximately one week

ArmInfo. In about one week, negotiations with the European Union delegation, currently in Armenia  on a familiarization visit, will be completed. Following this, a new cooperation program will be prepared. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan, made this statement on  December 18 during the panel discussion titled "Challenges and Opportunities 2025".

According to him, the new program will not only complement the  Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, but also expand it  by including new areas.  Regarding the process of visa liberalization  for citizens of Armenia with the European Union, as the Deputy  Minister noted, official Yerevan has been working in this direction  for many years, and substantive negotiations on this issue have now  begun. "We hope that this process will not take too much time. In  addition, we have joined the European Peace Facility, which will be a  great contribution to the defense reforms we are implementing,"  Paruyr Hovhannisyan added.