Visits to Europe to cost less
Citizens of Armenia paying short visits to Europe will now pay less for entrance visas.
This is what Director of the EU Foreign Service for Cooperation in the Post-Soviet Region, Gunar Vigand told journalists at the 12th session of the Armenia-European Union Partnership Committee.
According to him, the European Commission has already given consent to start negotiations with Armenia over the facilitation of the visa regime.
"We hope to receive the Council of Europe's consent soon and start the negotiations, which will allow each citizen of Armenia to enter Europe more easily," said the European official.
Armenia's envoy is Minister of Economy, Tigran Davtyan. The latter expressed hope that Armenia will soon be ready to sign a free trade agreement, which is considered an impotant milestone for EU integration.
The sides also stated that Armenia must implement numerous structural reforms for improving legislation and more efficient enforcement of laws on the road toward EU
integration.
The European official told journalists that during his meeting with Armenia's foreign minister, he discussed issues related to preparations for the summit to be held with the participation of 27 EU-member states and representatives of Eastern Partnership countries in Warsaw next week.
Also participating in the summit will be President of the European Union, Herman van Roompey and President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Baroso.
