YEREVAN. – The draft of Partnership Priorities was provisionally agreed between Armenia and EU, the head of EU delegation Piotr Switalski said.

Armenia plays an important pioneering role because it is the first country of Eastern Partnership which negotiated this new type of document, he added.

“I hope quite soon it will signed, but I want to confirm that negotiations were concluded in a very constructive and productive spirit, which is good for the implementation,” Switalski emphasized.

The third important document to be signed with Armenia is the so-called “Singal Support Framework”. This document was submitted to the EU Parliament in the framework of strategic dialogue. Single Support Framework will have four priority areas of our development assistance: sections devoted to economic development, good governance, collectivity and people-to-people contact. 

In addition, the EU is working on next action plan for 2017-2018. 

“We are planning to include some new areas in our cooperation. EU has invested its resources so far, and we are glad that we are expanding our development assistance,” he said. 

Some new areas that EU has been exploring in the recent months is education as there is demand for good education in Armenia, he said. 

Ambassador noted that the most important thing is that these agreements will bring tangible results for ordinary Armenians.