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The European Union and Armenia have put quality ahead of speed and are rather close to concluding the talks on the new agreement.

Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Maja Kocijančič told the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am.

In her words, the negotiations are well on track. “At the end of October, we have had a fruitful 6th round of negotiations on the political parts of the agreement and concluded the 4th round related to its trade parts. Parallel negotiations on the cooperation in various other sectors are also progressing well via video-conferences, the latest being held on 30 October and related to energy cooperation,” Kocijančič said.

She also added: “We put quality ahead of speed and, without venturing into mentioning a concrete date for their conclusion, I would say that we are rather close to this goal. In negotiations you may know exactly when you start but cannot predict 100 per cent the date of their conclusion and the signature of the agreement. It very much depends on the Armenian government's will to finalise the negotiations.”

According to her, the agreement can be initialed quickly after the end of the negotiations.

Earlier, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Świtalski stated that the 7th round of talks will be held in Brussels on Friday.

 

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