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The tenth EU-Armenia Cooperation Committee met in Yerevan on 22-23 September, joined by EuFoA's Senior Counsellor, Paruyr Hovhannisyan. The EU delegation was chaired by the European Commission's Director for Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asian Republics, Gunnar Wiegand.

On 17 September Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held discussions on the protocols for the normalisation of relations with Turkey with members of around 50 Armenian political parties. With this the Armenian government wants to fulfil its commitment to publicly debating the protocols.

An EU troika visit organised by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs concluded its tour of the South Caucasus in Armernia on Monday 20 July, after visiting Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Today EuFoA participated in a conference in Yerevan, organised by the International Centre of Human Development, Armenia, and sponsored by the British Council, Armenia.

European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) congratulates the new European Parliament following last week's elections across the 27 member states. We look forward to continuing to support the Parliament in its work to further upgrade EU-Armenia relations.

European observers and institutions were relieved this week to commend the Armenian municipal elections, the first elections after last year's post-electoral state of emergency. The elections were the very first to determine Yerevan's Mayor's in the history of Armenia and took place last Sunday, 31 May.

On Thursday 7 May 2009, the EU together with its Eastern neighbours officially launched the new and ambitious Eastern Partnership. This initiative will complement the existing European Neighbourhood Policy and allow countries like Armenia to co-operate more strongly with the EU.

The European Commission today published its annual progress report about EU-Armenia relations in the context of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The report concludes positively, given the politically difficult internal situation in Armenia in 2008. European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) welcomes the acknowledgment of the overall progress as an encouragement for more progress in 2009.

Parliamentarians from the European Parliament and the Armenian National Assembly held a very constructive consultation in Yerevan on 7-8 April 2009 and adopted a common resolution on current issues of EU-Armenia relations. The meeting once more proved the strong interest of both sides to keep and intensify good relations, without neglecting the issues that are of concern.