Armenia calls for new cooperation deal with Europe
YEREVAN – Armenia and the European Union need a new future cooperation deal as the 2009-2011 cooperation plan is coming to an end, the chairman of Armenia's National Security Council said on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported.
Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger, who heads the EU delegation to Armenia, and Artur Bagdasaryan, Secretary of the National Security Council, co-chaired the sixth Advisory Board meeting convened by the European Union Advisory Group on Tuesday.
In June 2010, Armenia and the European Union launched the negotiations on Association Agreement (AA) to replace the existing Partnership and Cooperation agreement.
"Talks about the Armenia-EU association agreement have advanced successfully," the Armenian official said.
Bagdasaryan said Armenia has proposed to the EU "a new program to stimulate reforms in three directions - political, economic and judicial."
The Public Radio of Armenia quoted de Luzenberger as saying that the EU "stands ready to support Armenia in moving forward reforms linked to the AA negotiations and for the fulfillment of its national priorities."
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