Armenian GDCA Head to discuss Armenia`s accession to "Single sky of Europe" in Brussels

ArmInfo. Head of the General  Department of Civil Aviation under the Government of Armenia Sergey  Avetisyan and his delegation will attend a meeting of the special  council of the international organization Eurocontrol on June 14-18  in Brussels. It is planned to discuss technical issues within the  framework of the accession of the Republic of Armenia to the Common  Aviation Area Agreement (EU).

As the press service of the ministry told ArmInfo, during the  discussion of technical issues a number of articles of the agreement  will be summed up. Work is also planned to prepare for the second  stage of official negotiations.

To note, the main objective of the European Organization for the  Safety of Air Navigation is the development of a pan-European air  traffic management system within the framework of the Single Sky of  Europe project. EUROCONTROL is a public organization, currently  includes 41 states. Its headquarters are in Haren, the city of  Brussels. The European Commission authorized EUROCONTROL to act as  regulator within the Single Sky of Europe project. Armenia became a  member of the organization in 2006.

To recall, on January 31, the Armenian-EU working group was formed by  the decision of the Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan, which  will begin formal negotiations on the text on the accession of the  Republic of Armenia to the Single Sky of Europe. The head of the  State Archives Administration Sergey Avetisyan headed the group.

EU Council fro transport, telecommunications and energy, approved the  mandate on the beginning of the negotiations on comprehensive  agreement on air transport with Armenia during the meeting on  December 1st. As the EU statement read, the comprehensive agreement  on common aviation space is aimed at improving the quality of  international connections in Europe, provision of high quality  service and the availability of wider chose for the customers. The  agreement is also aimed at increasing competitiveness in the aviation  industry of Europe. In case of Armenia's accession to this agreement,  among Armenia and 28 EU states, more liberal aviation regime is to  operate, which will be used by the air companies from Armenia and EU  states. Armenia will also take certain obligations to carry out  changes in legal environment and implementation of European standards  into the national constitution.