Experts: Armenia, EU won’t abandon partnership plans in Vilnius

November 28, 2013 - 18:18 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy parliament speaker Eduard Sharmazanov believes that an EU-Armenia statement will be adopted at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius. The document, he noted, will mention the recent Yerevan-implemented reforms and suggest continuation of Armenia’s dialogue with its European partners.

As Sharmazanov said in this context, Moscow and Brussels seem to have reached an understanding in the European integration issue.

A political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan, in turn, noted that following the summit, neither Europe will abandon its partnership with Armenia, nor will Yerevan refuse from its Europe-related policy.

According to the expert, the stance above will be confirmed through some sort of a document at the Vilnius-hosted event.

Also, he said, the Armenia-EU association agreement that took 3,5 years to draft , may serve as a basis for cooperation on a new level, Novosti-Armenia reported.

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Eastern Partnership

The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is the first comprehensive initiative introduced into the system of the European Union’s external relations, addressed to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The Eastern Partnership is designed to help the countries of Eastern Europe and South Caucasus with their approximation to and integration with the European Union. The EaP has injected a new quality into relations between the EU and the countries covered by the initiative through their gradual integration with the European Union.