"We attach importance to the decision of the Council of the European Union to give a mandate to the European Commission to start negotiations over forming the new legal basis of relations with Armenia." This was declared by the RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the press service of the RA MFA reports.
"We are hopeful that the document to be elaborated as a result of the negotiations will best express the depth of Armenia-EU mutually beneficial cooperation, will reflect the joint commitment to raise our relations to a new level and will outline the comprehensive partnership in all areas of mutual interest."