By Vigen Margaryan

YEREVAN, January 27 — The eighth round of negotiations on signing the Association Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and EU was held in Brussels on January 25-26.

As the statement of the Armenian Foreign Ministry states, the negotiations resulted in substantial progress in terms of the main goals and principles of the future Agreement as well as the political dialogue, security policy and cooperation in the sphere of justice.

The sides expressed the confidence that during the next plenary session, it’ll be possible to start the negotiations on the chapters of the Agreement concerning the establishment of a deep and comprehensive free trade zone.

The sides also reached an agreement to start the negotiations on the visa regime facilitation for the citizens of the Republic of Armenia in late February.

The next round of negotiations is to start in Yerevan in late March.

Yerevan Report