EU Commissioner for Enlargement arriving in Armenia Sept 27September 26, 2012 - 15:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle will visit Armenia on Thursday, Sept 27, to reaffirm that Armenia is an important partner to the EU, to appreciate Armenia's efforts to further strengthen relationship with the European Union, the active engagement within the Eastern Partnership, encourage further reform efforts in the country and to sign two financing agreements. During his stay in Yerevan he will meet the President and the Prime Minister, as well as the chairman of the European Integration committee of the National Assembly and the representatives of the opposition. Commissioner Füle will also deliver a key note speech at the Civil Society seminar "Strengthening of the Role of Civil Society in Democratic Governance". In his meetings, Commissioner Füle will stress the need for Armenia to pursue the path of reforms with the active support of the European Union based on the so called “more for more” principle meaning more support for more reforms and more progress. To underline this he will sign financing programs totaling €43.1m to prepare for the implementation of the EU-Armenia Association Agreement. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |