YEREVAN, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. During the May 25 special sitting of the interdepartmental commission coordinating cooperation of Armenian state bodies with European organizations, the European Commission's 2009 annual report on Armenia was discussed, the work done so far was summed up, and the existing problems were indicated. The sitting was conducted by Secretary of Armenia's National Security Council (NSC) Arthur Baghdasarian. A. Baghdasrian said that the European Union expressed a high opinion about the process of carrying out the measures to ensure the implementation of the Armenia-EU Action Plan, but at the same time some concerns were voiced and work should be done in this connection. "We should be able to ensure the proper implementation of all the actions envisaged the program of measures at the stated time. There are several unsolved problems, some ministries failed to fulfill their obligations because of financial problems. It is necessary to organize this work most efficiently in order to receive satisfactory results," A. Baghdasarian said. According to the press office of the NSC Secretary, the interdepartmental commission members, Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosian and Deputy Minister of Economy Mushegh Tumasian presented the work done for the signing of the Armenia-EU Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. It is planned to sign the Armenia-EU Association Agreement by late 2010.

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