EU-ARMENIA COOPERATION COMMITTEE SITS IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net - The 6-th sitting of the EU-Armenia Cooperation Committee started in Yerevan today. The agenda contains economic issues for most part. The sitting is co-chaired by RA Minister of Trade and Economic Development Karen Chshmaritian and Hugues Mingarelli, European Commission Director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic Development Tigran Davtyan stated that discussions will focus on Armenia's participation in Wider Europe: New Neighbors EU program. "Armenia was included in the program two months ago. Presently we should hold negotiations in bilateral format, work out a political line till end of the year and start its implementation next year", he noted. Besides the neighborhood policy the agenda contains issues referring to the trade-economic cooperation, creation of business atmosphere, energy problems, investment cooperation as well as political situation in Armenia, struggle against corruption and cooperation with international organizations, FRE/RL reported.