The EU Foreign Affairs Council has authorized the European Commission to launch negotiations with Armenia on a new legal base, Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Afairs Tigran Balayan said in a Facebook post.
In a statement released today French Secretary of State for European Affairs Harlem Desir welcomed the approval of the negotiating mandate for an agreement of cooperation between the European Union and Armenia.
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