THOUGH ARMENIA DOES NOT STRIVE TO JOIN THE EU, IT IS DEVOTED TO EUROPEAN VALUES – EDWARD NALBANDIAN
Vestnik Kavkaza
Nov 10 2011
Russia
The Eastern Partnership is primarily a development of institutional
structures, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said at
a conference entitled “Eastern Partnership: national and European
development”, Trend reports.
Although Armenia does not strive to join the European Union, the state
is devoted to implementation of European values into its society,
Nalbandian said.
The prime minister discussed the summit of the Eastern Partnership
in Warsaw.
Nalbandian underlined the role of inter-parliamentary relations
with the EU and its effect on civil society within the framework of
European integration.
The Eastern Partnership is a Polish-Swedish initiative within the
policy of good neighbourhood, aimed at improving ties with six
post-Soviet states: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldavia, Belarus
and Ukraine.
The EU is to provide them with 600 million euros by 2013 for
strengthening state institutions, control over borders and for support
of minor companies. The foundation fund of the Eastern Partnership
opened in Prague on May 7th, 2010.