YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The implementation of EU-Armenia Action Plan of the European Neighborhood Policy, issues of deepening the relations between Armenia and the European Union under the Eastern Partnership Program, including the prospects of creating a free trade zone were discussed at the 10th sitting of Armenia-EU Cooperation Committee held in Yerevan on September 22. Among the issues on the agenda were problems related to the rule of law, democracy and government, human rights and fundamental freedoms, the Karabakh problem settlement, Armenian-Turkish relations, EU assistance and cooperation. The Agreement of Partnership and Cooperation between the European Communities and the Republic of Armenia was signed on 22 April 1996. It took effect on 1 July 1999. In accordance with its Article 83, Armenia-EU Cooperation Committee was established, and its sittings are held every year, alternately in Brussels and Yerevan.

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