EU, Armenia to abolish visas, Commissioner saysNovember 18, 2016 - 12:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and the European Union will soon start negotiations on visa liberalization, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn said Thursday, November 17, Sputnik reports. "Although some EU countries have already given consent to visa liberalization with Armenia, approval by all the 28 member states is nonetheless necessary," Hahn told reporters after the eighth meeting of Eastern Partnership Foreign Ministers in Yerevan. Also, he expressed hope that negotiations over a new framework agreement on cooperation between Armenia and the EU will be completed next year. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said, in turn, that negotiations have been successful so far. "The next phase of discussions is slated for December," he said. "After two or three more stages, I am confident we'll wrap up the talks, with Armenia ready to sign the agreement right away." Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |