EU leaders satisfied with Eastern Partnership implementation processDecember 11, 2009 - 19:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Finishing their two-day meeting in Brussels, the leaders of 27 EU member states expressed satisfaction with the implementation of Eastern Partnership program which is aimed strengthening links between "big Europe" and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine.During a news conference summing up the outcomes of Eastern Partnership ministerial conference, EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner said the Union was hopeful to sign associate agreements with Ukraine and Moldova in 2010. She noted in the meantime that the project isn't aimed at preparing countries for EU accession. "We announced earlier that Eastern Partnership is not designed for that. Hence we can't say whether or not EU doors are open to those counties," Waldner said. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |