Sarkisian Praises EU for Commitment to Armenia

President Serzh Sarkisian and Piotr Switalski, head of the EU Delegation in Armenia, at the EU office in Yerevan (Photo: President.am)

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)””Sarkisian on Tuesday described the European Union as a model of regional integration and reaffirmed Armenia’s commitment to deepening ties with the 28-nation bloc through a new treaty.

Sarkisian visited the EU Delegation in Yerevan to congratulate its head, Piotr Switalski, and other employees on Europe Day, an annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe that starts on May 9. The date marks the anniversary of a historic 1950 speech by then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman in which he laid out his vision of European integration.

“During this short historical period of time, the idea of a united European family has stood the test of time, proved its viability and exposed the advantages of peoples’ peaceful co-existence,”