The European Union has started negotiations with Armenia over visa facilitation for the South Caucasus country.
Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan announced this on November 5 while addressing a parliamentary session.
“This year has been unprecedented in terms of advancing the EU-Armenia partnership agenda,” said Hovhannisyan. He noted many achievements on some issues, such cooperation between Armenia and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation as well as visa liberalization for Armenian citizens.
Hovhannisyan added that work on the draft of a new Armenia-EU partnership agenda is being completed. “All these steps, of course, will have an impact on the work planned for 2025,” said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, while reaffirming the Foreign Ministry’s dedication to enhancing Armenia-EU relations.
Armenia and the EU first started visa liberalization talks in September of this year. Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorya made the relevant announcement during a joint statement with the Vice President of the European Commission, Commissioner for the Promotion of the European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas. Grigoryan pledged that Armenia was committed to advancing cooperation with the European Commission by implementing the necessary reforms outlined in the bilateral agenda.
