YEREVAN. – Armenia and the European Union (EU) continue talks in normal fashion, to sign a new framework document on cooperation.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian stated the above-said during his report at Thursday’s joint session of the National Assembly committees, and regarding the “performance” of the 2015 State Budget of Armenia.

Commenting on the statement by Ambassador Piotr Świtalski, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, who had said there are complications in the talks on the new Armenia-EU agreement, Nalbandian noted: “I would not say so. Any negotiations have complications, which  the parties certainly try to surmount; there are also problems. But it has never been so that one of the parties so declares. If Świtalski believes that this is kind of pressure, it’s a bad kind.”

As per the Armenian FM, although there are no specific deadlines, the Armenian side does everything possible so that the talks conclude as soon as possible.

Moreover, according to Nalbandian, the work was not limited to the negotiations on the future document, and recently, Armenia has joined several EU programs.

“Incidentally, not all of the countries that have signed an agreement on association with the EU have even joined those programs,” Edward Nalbandian noted. “Our dialogue is quite rich and varied, and we [i.e. Armenia] are interested in deepening cooperation in all possible directions.”