“I have expressed our gratitude for the European Union’s balanced position on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict which supports the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, their position and efforts”, the Armenian PM said during a joint press conference with Jean-Claude Juncker and Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, adding that they have also touched upon the regional and international developments.
Talking about the Armenia-EU partnership, Pashinyan assessed his discussions held in Brussels as very productive in the context of the current partnership, in particular, the recent irreversible democratic changes in Armenia. “I once again emphasized the commitment of the new leadership of Armenia to strengthen the rule of law, promote democracy, eradicate corruption, as well as to fight against artificial monopolies, economic sponsorship and oligarchy in order to ensure the complete and free exercise of fundamental rights in Armenia”, the PM noted.
Pashinyan stated that it’s obvious that in order to make democracy viable Armenia needs to have strong and viable economy, and therefore the next step of the Armenian authorities is to deepen democracy through revolutionary changes and economic reforms. “This is one of our main goals and the pillar of our government’s Action Plan”, Nikol Pashinyan said.
He highlighted that the EU is the key trade and the greatest donor partners of Armenia and added that during the talks he introduced the EC President on the government’s vision and priorities. “Today’s visit and our discussions with the EU leaders show that we both are interested and ready to deepen our partnership”, he said.
He also highlighted the fact that he has a common perception with President Juncker that Armenia and the EU should continue and expand the cooperation to solve the aforementioned issues and implement the ambitious reform agenda of the Armenian government by the EU’s technical and financial assistance which will allow the Armenian government to accelerate the reforms and make them more effective. “In this sense the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (...
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