The European Commission has developed a representation network in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, constituted of eight EC Delegations, including Almaty, Chisinau, Kiev, Moscow and Tbilisi, as well as Bishkek, Dushanbe and Yerevan (the last three having a non-resident Head of Delegation).[1,p.44]
The EU's relations with
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Russia
• Ukraine
EU relations with Armenia are governed by the EU -Armenia Partnership- and Cooperation Agreement ,signed in 1996 and entered into force in 1999.
Following the enlargement of the European Union, the EU launched the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Armenia became part of this policy in 2004. On the basis of a Country Report ( published in March 2005) an ENP Action Plan was discussed by the Commission and the Armenian government and finally adopted on November 14, 2006.
The main EU co-operation objectives, policy responses and priority fields can be found in the Country Strategy Paper 2007-2013 [2, p.234 - 236]. On the basis of bilateral priorities, also a National Indicative Programme (NIP) has been adopted in agreement with the Armenian authorities. The NIP covers the period from 2007-2010. For this period an indicative total sum of €98,4 million has been allocated; in addition to the ENPI national programme, Armenia will also benefit from the ENPI regional and interregional programmes, plus a number of thematic programmes such as the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights - EIDHR.