FM: Armenia expects final approval of EU-Armenia deal roadmap on 13 June
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Poland, Luxemburg, Denmark, Malta, Romania, the United Kingdom, Finland, Hungary and Slovakia have so far completed the domestic procedures for the ratification of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed between the EU and Armenia in November 2017, Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan told lawmakers on Thursday.
Speaking at a joint session of the National’s Assembly Standing Committees on European Integration and Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs, the FM reminded that the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French parliament has unanimously passed a law envisaging ratification of the agreement. On April 4, the German parliament approved the EU-Armenia deal, which is yet to be signed by the country’s president. The Czech Chamber of Deputies ratified the agreement in the second reading on April 18, signed by the country’s president on 23 May.
The FM said the roadmap for the implementation of the EU-Armenia agreement is expected to be completely approved at the second Partnership Council meeting scheduled for June 13.
“Armenia has submitted the final draft roadmap for the implementation of the agreement to the EU side. It has been approved at the May 17 session of the interdepartmental commission coordinating the implementation of the agreement and EU-Armenia Partnership Priorities Document,” the minister said.
“We expect that during the second meeting of the Partnership Council in Brussels on June 13 the document will be fully approved between the two sides. This roadmap will be the joint property of the EU and Armenia.”
Also, the minster said the EU is set to provide 40 million euros in assistance to Armenia, with an additional fund of 25 million euros envisaged. “Thus, we will receive a total of 65-million-euro support from the EU,” he said.
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