LITHUANIAN AND ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS ARMENIA’S DECISION TO SEEK CUSTOMS UNION MEMBERSHIP

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September 9, 2013 Monday

Brussels

The European Union has issued the following news release:

The Armenian Foreign Minister assured L.LinkeviÄ~Mius that Armenia
wished to continue to participate actively in the Eastern Partnership
programme.

The Lithuanian Foreign Minister stressed that there was a need to
continue consultations and to assess the situation; however, the
Minister saw an incompatibility between Armenia’s membership of the
Customs Union and participation in a deep and comprehensive free
trade area with the EU.

“We respect Armenia’s will, but we must emphasise that the decision to
join the Customs Union diminishes Armenia’s ambitions of integration
in and cooperation with the EU,” L.LinkeviÄ~Mius said.

The Minister L.LinkeviÄ~Mius noted that in this context it was
important to look towards the future and not to waste what Armenia
had achieved during the 5 years of its participation in the Eastern
Partnership programme, as well as during the negotiations on the
Association Agreement.

According to L.LinkeviÄ~Miaus, the visit of the Armenian Foreign
Minister shows that the country wishes to cooperate with the EU and
to participate in the Eastern Partnership programme.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress