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    ARMENIA'S MAIN LINKS WITH EU INCLUDE EDUCATION, SCIENCE, CULTURE - LITHUANIAN EDU MINISTER

    Baltic News Service / - BNS
    October 1, 2013 Tuesday 1:33 PM EET

    VILNIUS, Oct 01, BNS - After turning to Russia's Customs Union,
    Armenia will share cooperation in areas, such as education, science
    and culture, with the European Union (EU), Lithuania's Education and
    Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis says.

    Armenia's plans announced last month to join the Customs Union would
    prevent its signing of the Association and Free Trade Agreement with
    the EU. It was earlier expected that the agreement could be initialed
    during the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius in late November.

    "We acknowledge that Armenia's relations with the European Union
    will be maintained through education, science and probably culture,
    as other types of cooperation will probably be impossible, therefore,
    this will remain the main connecting thread," Pavalkis told journalists
    on Tuesday.

    The minister attended an international conference in Vilnius on
    Europe's international cooperation and strengthening of Eastern
    Partnership in fields of research, experimental development and
    innovations. The conference focused on cooperation with Eastern
    Partnership countries.

    After the event, Pavalkis assured that cooperation with the countries
    will be continued in these fields.

    "We will cooperate with Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in the
    framework of Horizon 2020 and Erasmus Plus," the minister said.

    In his words, the conference resulted in the so-called Vilnius
    declaration, which envisaged EU cooperation with Eastern partners in
    the domains.

    The Eastern Partnership program, which involves Armenia, Azerbaijan,
    Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, is among the priorities of
    the Lithuanian EU Council presidency.

    Vilnius newsroom, [email protected], +370 5 205 8510

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