OREANDA-NEWS  On 20 February was announced, that President Serzh Sargsyan received the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby.

Present at the meeting were also Tomasz Knothe, Ambassador of Poland to Armenia (the Polish Embassy will represent the Czech Republic in the tenure of its presidency in the EU), Ambassador of France to Armenia Serzh Smesov, and Raul de Luzenberger, Head of the European Commission delegation to Armenia.

Stressing the importance of further deepening the existing relations with the European Union, President Serzh Sargsyan expressed confidence that the Plan of Action for 2009-2011 adopted by the National Security Council offers the opportunity to move forward in that direction. At the meeting the parties spoke also about the possibilities for cooperation in the framework of the EU Eastern Partnership initiative, NK peace process, the Armenian-Turkish dialogue, and the process of reformation in our country. Attaching importance to the component of regional cooperation in the commencing Eastern Partnership initiative, President Serzh Sargsyan expressed hope that the European Union would hold a principled stance on ensuring adherence of all the countries involved in the projects to its priorities.

Peter Semneby confirmed the intention of Xavier Solan, High Representative for the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy to visit Armenia in the near future according to the agreement reached during Serzh Sargsyan’s visit to Brussels.