YEREVAN. – In recent years the Eastern Partnership has formed as an effective interaction format and as a tool for promoting reforms in the member countries.   

The aforesaid was noted Friday during the talk between Edward Nalbandian, Armenia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, and Helga Schmidt, Deputy Secretary General for the European Union External Action Service (EU EAS).

Nalbandian noted that Armenia intends to continue cooperation with the EU, and Armenian capital city Yerevan’s hosting the meeting of the FMs of the Eastern Partnership member states is a proof of this fact, informs the Armenian MFA press service.      

Conveying the greetings by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in turn Schmidt noted that the EU likewise wishes to continue cooperation with Armenia.  

The interlocutors exchanged views on the topical matters that are on the international agenda.