Thursday, February 26 2015 13:43

 Armenia and EU are not likely to sign any document at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga in 2015. The statement came from Boris Navasardyan, Head of the Yerevan Press Club, Coordinator of the EaP Civil Platform, in response to ArmInfo's question in a press conference, Thursday.  

He recalled the statements by Traian Hristea, Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, suggesting that the cooperation with the EU depends on the proposals of the Armenian party. The expert said the authorities of Armenia act quite timidly and delay with the package of proposals as they wait for further developments of the Russian-European relations.  

"Even if Armenia manages to prepare the necessary proposals and EU discusses and approves them, it will have to get approval of all the members of the Organization, which is a long process and will not be completed by May," he said.

Earlier, Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgar Rinkevics said that Eastern Partnership will be one of the priorities during Latvia's president of the EU, and summit in Riga will be an important stage for the development of relations with the Union.  The minister said he respects Armenia's wish to join the Eurasian Economic Union and understands that this will not be an obstacle to the country's relations with the EU.  He said that the cooperation in all spheres concerning the European Union and Armenia will continue, and for that purpose a road map and new mandate can be worked out.

Since 2010 Yerevan had actively held negotiations on Association Agreement/ Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the European Union. The AA/DCFTA was to have been initialed during the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius in November 2013.  Two months before that date, Armenia announced its intention to align with Russia-initiated Customs Union and Euraisan Economic Union.