Polish ambassador: Warsaw summit to become cornerstone of Eastern PartnershipSeptember 6, 2011 - 13:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Eastern Partnership to be held in Warsaw late September will become a cornerstone of the initiative, according to Polish ambassador to Armenia. Commenting on EU talks with Armenia at a news conference in Yerevan, ambassador Zdzislaw Raczynski said the most complicated issues are still to be coordinated, these being free trade zone creation and visa regime facilitation. The ambassador emphasized that Poland is one of the countries ready for establishment of firm relations with all EaP states. The Eastern Partnership summit of heads of states and governments of EU countries and the Eastern Partnership countries will be held in Warsaw on September 29-30, 2011. An assessment of the achievements to date, and the increase of EU commitment to its Eastern partners will be the main aim of the summit. The Summit should increase the pace of further improvement of mutual relations and of EU integration. During the Summit there will be an informal dinner, two plenary sessions, and a common declaration will be signed. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |