A meeting of the Armenian National Platform on Eastern Partnership Civil Society took place in Yerevan on June 7. The Platform unites 21 local NGOs.

“We attach importance to the work of this Platform, which will secure progress of other platforms of the Eastern Partnership,” said Naira Zohrabyan, chairperson of the parliamentary commission on European integration affairs.

For his part, Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger stressed the role of public organizations and civil society in development of Armenia-EU relations.

He informed that talks on conclusion of the association agreement between Armenia and EU will open in mid-July.