Further strengthening of European Union is in interests of Armenia – President Sargsyan

YEREVAN, MAY 6, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited the EU delegation to Armenia on May 6 on the occasion of Europe Day.

The President congratulated Ambassador Piotr Switalski, head of the EU delegation, the staff of the delegation and the big EU family on Europe Day, and wished success.

“Recently leaders of European countries celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. Treaties, with the realization of which European states, and first of all the peoples of Europe, achieved great success in the honorable work of protecting human rights, dignity, democracy, spread and realization of common ideas.

The further strengthening of the EU stems also from the interests of small countries like Armenia.

We are sure that the challenges which the EU and European states face lately will definitely be overcome.

I am very happy that during the recent period we have recorded great successes in the development of our relations with the EU, and we wish for those successes to be continuous.

We are grateful to the EU, personally the delegation and you, Ambassador Switalski, for this kind of cooperation and assistance for Armenia”, the President said.

On behalf of the EU delegation and himself, Ambassador Switalski thanked the President of Armenia for the visit and warm congratulations.

“Your visit has a very important and symbolic meaning for the entire delegation of the European Union, because it encourages us to work even more fundamentally in the direction of developing our cooperation.

This year is full of events. We already have an initialed agreement, agreed cooperation priorities and we also have an agreement on the overall circle of assistance.

Mr. President, your visit to Brussels was successful, and it brought additional arguments to the EU, that it must be involved in Armenia more and with greater devotion. We received very important signals both from the Armenian government and the EU, which was very important for us in order to be able to continue our work with great enthusiasm.

Mr. President, we are grateful for your assistance to the activities of the EU delegation in Armenia”, the Ambassador said.

The sides emphasized that both Armenia and the EU are open and willing to continue developing cooperation, and expressed confidence that by realizing the new agreement’s provisions, the Armenia-EU mutually beneficial cooperation will be able to be significantly expanded in all direction.