Friday, December 22 2017 15:07

ArmInfo. An  interdepartmental commission for cooperation with the European Union  will be established in Armenia. Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan  announced this on December 22 at a workshop dedicated to the  practical application of the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced  Partnership. According to him, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of  Economic Integration and Reforms Vache Gabrielyan will head the  commission.

"We need to specifically agree on how we will move  forward, clearly fixing each line of activity," Karen Karapetyan  said. Vice Premier Vache Gabrielyan presented the envisaged actions  and a provisional plan of events in the spheres. In his turn, Deputy  Foreign Minister Karen Nazaryan reported on the upcoming works and  programs within the framework of Armenia- EU cooperation, which are  based on the logic of the basic documents of bilateral partnership.

The Prime Minister instructed each head of the deportments to analyze  all activities that should be carried out in the spheres, develop an  action plan and a road map for its implementation.

Armenia and the European Union on November 24 in the framework of the  fifth Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels signed the Agreement on  Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership, which the parties initialed  on March 21, 2017. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward  Nalbandian and the head of the EU diplomacy, Federica Mogherini,  signed the agreement. This document should strengthen cooperation  between Armenia and the EU in such areas as energy, transport,  environmental protection and trade. One of the aims of the agreement  is the consolidation of a comprehensive political and economic  partnership and cooperation between the parties on the basis of  common values and close ties, including increasing Armenia's  participation in the policies, programs and work of the European  Union agencies.