Armenia: The Eastern Partnership Roadmap to the Vilnius Summit Status Report

Before the political shock prompted by the agreement on 3 September 2013 of President Serzh Sargsyan to join the Customs Union with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, there had been signs from state representatives that they recognised the need for civil society monitoring and policy engagement. Nevertheless, government representatives did not take up the invitations to meetings with the EU delegation and civil society representatives. Similarly, the level of EU delegation engagement has not included any significant active efforts to bring government and civil society together, and the content and negotiations around the Association Agreement were clouded in secrecy.

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