Presentation on "Armenia and the EU: Trends and Prospects"

On Friday, 13 November, at 14:00, RSC Director Richard Giragosian will give a presentation at the Caucasus Institute on the outlook for Armenia-EU relations. The presentation will assess the EU’s expectations with regard to relations with Armenia, while also analyzing the specific benefits for Armenia and highlighting the significance of the launch of negotiations between Armenia and the EU over a new legal framework.
As part of the Caucasus Institute’s regular series of public events, this public presentation will be held at the Caucasus Institute office, at 31/4 Charents Street in Yerevan and will begin at 14:00. For more information, contact the Caucasus Institute at: [email protected] or telephone: (374) 10.54.06.31.
Background
Armenia has a rare “second chance” to salvage relations with the European Union, despite its membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). With fresh negotiations set to begin with the EU over a new a legal framework of relations between Armenia and the European Union (EU), this second chance will rebuild relations and offer the Armenian government a way to regain and restore trust and investor confidence.
The recent EU official mandate to start formal negotiations over a new legal framework for relations between Armenian and the European Union means that despite the Armenian president’s controversial decision to sacrifice an Association Agreement in 2013, both Brussels and Yerevan have demonstrated a new sense of political will, representing a rare second chance to restore and repair Armenian relations with the EU. And although the new agreement will not be on the same level of cooperation in economic terms, there are enough areas beyond the framework of Armenia’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union to deepen and expand trade and economic ties.