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    ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO TAKE PART IN EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE

    ARKA
    Feb 2, 2009

    YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan has
    been invited to participate in the Eastern Partnership summit to take
    place in Prague this spring, the RA President's Press Service reports.

    During the Davos meeting on January 30, Czech President Vaclav Klaus
    invited his Armenian counterpart Sargsyan to the Prague summit.

    Approved by 27 EU member-states at the December 2008 summit in
    Brussels, the initiators of the Eastern Partnership were Poland
    and Sweden. The program aims at bringing together Ukraine, Armenia,
    Moldavia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and, possibly, Belarus.

    The program's objective is to boost political cooperation and
    integrate ex-soviet states into EU economy, as well as extend financial
    assistance to these countries and ensure energy safety in post-soviet
    space.

    Stressing the role of the South Caucasus for EU, President Klaus
    said the Eastern Partnership is essential in promoting the region's
    collaboration with EU.

    In his turn, RA President Serzh Sargsyan said Armenia stands ready
    to stimulate democratic processes fixed in the program of actions.

    During the meeting, the presidents touched upon a range of issues on
    bilateral cooperation and Armenia-EU relations.

    Sargsyan greatly appreciated the Generalized System of Preferences
    (GSP+, duty and quota-free access to developing countries that have
    implem ented sustainable development and good governance policies
    under the GSP+ incentive - ARKA), adding the agreement contributes
    to Armenia-EU trade partnership.

    At the Polish president's request, Sargsyan also touched upon the
    current negotiations over a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh
    conflict and Armenia-Turkey dialogue.
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