7TH ROUND OF ARMENIA-EU TALKS GETS UNDERWAY IN YEREVAN
armradio.am
26.10.2011 14:11
On October 26 Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received
the delegation headed by Gunnar Wiegand, chief negotiator of the
European side in the Armenia-EU Association Agreement talks.
The interlocutors touched upon issues on Armenia-EU cooperation
agenda, praising the high level of the political dialogue and the
deepening cooperation.
The parties noted that a good progress has been registered after the
talks on the Association Agreement were lunched 1.5 years ago.
Nineteen chapters have been negotiated and temporarily closed up
to now.
Edward Nalbandian and Gunnar Wiegand discussed in detail the work
done in different formats of cooperation and outlined the future steps.
They exchanged views on the negotiations on the Association Agreement,
facilitation of the visa regime, creations of a comprehensive free
trade zone.
Later Minister Nalbandian opened the 78th plenary sitting of the
negotiations on the Association Agreement. It was followed by the
working sitting co-chaired by Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Zohrab
Mnatsakanyan.