RA has embarked on the start of the visa regime liberalization dialogue with the EU

Within the framework of the Comprehensive and Extended Partnership Agreement between Armenia and the EU, signed in November 2017 and ratified in April 2018, the Republic of Armenia has started a dialogue with the EU member states on the liberalization of the visa regime.

From January 15 to 17, the RA delegation headed by RA Police Colonel Hovhannes Kocharyan went to the Federal Republic of Germany.

The delegation included Davit Sargsyan, Advisor to the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tigran Samvelyan, Head of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armen Ghazaryan, Head of the Migration Service of the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration and Development.

During the visit, the delegation had meetings with the Chairman of the Conference of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Minister of Internal Affairs and Sports of the State of Saxony-Anhalt Holger Stalknecht, State Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Helmut Teichmann, Deputy Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commissioner for Eastern Europe, Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Michael Siebert and the Standing Committee on Internal Affairs of the Bundestag with President Andrea Lindholz. 

During the meetings, the German side expressed its satisfaction for effective cooperation on the basis of international legal documents on readmission, emphasizing the high level of mutual trust and readiness to meet Armenia’s legitimate expectations.

During the meetings, the parties emphasized the need to clarify the foundations of the future program of actions towards the liberalization of the visa regime, the scope of mutual obligations and the terms of their fulfillment, and discussed other issues of interest.