Yerevan stresses the strengthening and deepening of ties with the European Union, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at a meeting with Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, News Armenia reports.
Sargsyan noted that the dialogue with EU partners has recently improved in its bilateral and multilateral formats. The president noted that improvement of ties is a wide cooperation process.
The Armenian leader believes that the state needs to be built basing on European standards.
The meeting with Ashton at the summit of the Eastern Partnership in Warsaw in late September was a good reason to exchange views on the cooperation, he reminds.
Ashton noted that she is pleased with progress achieved in Armenian-EU relations, underlining the need to strengthen ties and praising efforts to improve bilateral cooperation. She thanked everyone for contributing to the progress.
The sides also talked on reforms Armenia holds as part of progress in cooperation with the EU. They also discussed regional problems.
