News - European Parliament passes resolution proposing to consider possibility of EU membership candidacy to Armenia

At the session of the European Parliament, a resolution was put to the vote on the need to strengthen relations between the European Union (EU) and Armenia and a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The document authored by the European People's Party group is submitted as a joint initiative of all groups in the European Parliament. In the draft of the resolution, the members of the European Parliament (MEPs) specifically propose to consider the possibility of granting Armenia the status of a candidate for EU membership. "(…) should Armenia be interested in applying for candidate status and continuing on its path of sustained reforms consolidating its democracy, this could set the stage for a transformative phase in EU-Armenia relations," says, in particular, the draft joint resolution of the members of the EU’s legislative body. Also, the MEPs call on the EU “Commission and the Council to actively support Armenia’s desire for increased cooperation with the EU, not only in the area of economic partnership but also in political dialogue, people-to-people contacts, sectoral integration and security cooperation.”