The Council of the European Union has adopted the 2016 Common Foreign and Security Policy report. The report was adopted as a follow-up to the specifying document introduced by High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini in June 2016.
Referring to the relations with Armenia, the report notes: ”The focus in the EU’s relations with Armenia is on the negotiation of a new framework agreement that will provide a new impetus for intensifying our bilateral relations. Moreover, new Partnership Priorities will be agreed jointly to replace the outdated ENP Action Plan. Following last year constitutional referendum, it is important for Armenia to implement the new Electoral Code and all OSCE and CoE recommendations well before the next parliamentary elections in 2017. The EU will contribute, as the main donor, to cover most of the financial burden for the forthcoming parliamentary elections.”
Apart from this, according to the document, in the relations with Eastern Partners, who do not seek Association Agreements, i.e. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus, ”the EU will develop attractive and mutually beneficial alternatives based on common values and fundamental principles of the EU for promoting comprehensive cooperation and sustained reform processes in the Eastern European partner countries.”
