Armenia is forming new agenda with EU. Will it withstand pressure? Armine Margaryan
ArmInfo. Armenia is forming a new agenda with the EU, which will become a serious burden for the government, which will
According to her, since 2020 Armenia has been trying to free itself from the shackles that have been imposed on it since the independence of the Third Republic. "What is happening in the Armenia-EU relations should be viewed as a process: we have a Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), we are forming a new partnership agenda with the EU, which will go much further than CEPA in terms of political commitments and will place a very serious burden on the shoulders of the government that will undertake the obligation to implement this agenda," the expert noted.
According to her, it is in this vein that government officials acknowledge that there is no simple scheme or some kind of "button" that you can press to go through the entire process in an easier mode.
Nevertheless, Margaryan is sure that the ball is in Armenia's court, despite the fact that there is a risk of not withstanding the pressure that a state that has decided to become closer to the EU will face. Many countries have not withstood this pressure, for example, neighboring Georgia, this can be facilitated not only by insufficient "safety cushions" within the country, but also by developments in the international arena, the expert noted. At the same time, according to Margaryan, the
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, on July 1 at the