Karen Karapetyan: The European agenda is one of the priorities for Armenian foreign policy

ArmInfo. Today the Prime  Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan and European Commission  Director-General for EU Neighbourhood and Enlargement Christian  Danielsson discussed the Armenia-EU cooperation issues.

The Prime Minister particularly, noted that the European agenda is  one of priorities of foreign policy of Armenia. "Our cooperation is  based on common values and is of great importance for us. Armenia is  ready to promote the cooperation with EU in the sectors of mutual  interests, and in this context the negotiations on framework  agreement are extremely important", the statement reads. 

In this context he stressed the importance of implementing COSME and  "Horizon" programs, and also the negotiations aimed at joining the  common air zone. The Prime Minister welcomed the EU support in  corruption fight and the implementation of a number of reforms.

In his turn, Danielsson noted that along with framework agreement  signing, Armenian-EU relations will enter a new development phase. He  noted the EU interest in Armenia's economic growth, business sector  improvement, management system reform, and implementation of reforms.  A special stress was put on high-tech sector development.