ArmInfo. Armenia is grateful to the European Union for its assistance in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Avet Adonts stated this on November 5 at a joint meeting of parliamentary committees, at which the draft state budget of the country for 2021 is discussed.
According to him, the EU has provided Armenia with 98.5 million euros for the fight against coronavirus, part of which is the restructuring of programs, and the other is aimed at the implementation of new projects.
The republic is grateful to the EU and member countries for the prompt response. In this case, we are talking about cooperation in the field of healthcare. Periodically, a group of doctors from EU countries arrives in Armenia and for four weeks they provide assistance to their Armenian colleagues and share their experience with them.
Under the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership, the process of ratification of the document by the EU countries is practically completed. All 27 countries have completed their internal procedures, but three countries remain - Italy, Spain and Portugal, which have not officially notified the EU secretariat of the completion of the ratification procedure. According to the Deputy Minister this process is of a technical formal nature. With the receipt of notifications by Brussels, the ratification process of the Agreement will be completed, after which the remaining 20% will be added to 80% of all goods for which trade on favorable terms is already carried out. The Armenian side has already presented its proposals on how the implementation of these 20% is seen.
The dynamics of Armenia-EU bilateral relations this year slightly decreased, but as a result of the joint work, which was carried via video communication, it turned out to be quite effective, the Deputy Minister stated.
