December 1, 2009 - 14:18 AMT
Yerevan hosts discussions on Lisbon Treaty
Yerevan hosted "Treaty of Lisbon: Taking Europe into the 21st century" seminar Tuesday on the initiative of Delegation of the European Commission to RA and French University of Armenia.

"Europe is facing new challenges to resist which joint efforts are required," RA National Security Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan said in his opening remarks.

At that, he noted that Armenia closely watches the process and remains determined to continue integration into European structures.

"Armenia, as a participant country of the Eastern Partnership initiative, is also interested in reforms envisaged by the treaty. In 2010, the republic will receive € 100 million from the EU for implementation of institutional reform," Baghdasaryan said.