Brussels to host Armenia-EU cooperation committee meeting![]() October 8, 2012 - 12:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Brussels will host the 13th meeting of Armenia-EU cooperation committee October 8. The meeting will be chaired by Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan on Armenian side, with Gunnar Wiegand, European External Action Service (EEAS) Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and OSCE to lead the European side. The course of implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan for Armenia as well as talks on the Association Agreement, including Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, will be in the focus on the meeting. The juridical system, human rights and fundamental freedoms, transport and energy sectors, Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, as well as EU assistance for various programs will also be discussed, economy ministry’s press service reported. The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Partner news |