EU launches €2.2 million initiative to propel Armenia’s visa liberalisation dialogue

On 1 June, the European Union launched a new two-year project – ‘Support to the visa liberalisation dialogue in Armenia in border management, document security and law enforcement reforms’.

The project will assist the Armenian government in advancing key reforms of the Action Plan on Visa Liberalisation (VLAP). Backed by a €2.2 million EU allocation, the project is being implemented by Lithuania’s Central Project Management Agency (CPVA), with the support of the Ministry of Interior of Lithuania.

The launch follows the delivery of the EU’s First Action Report on visa liberalisation to the Armenian government during the recent EU-Armenia Summit. 

The report provided strategic recommendations across the VLAP’s four fundamental pillars of governance:

• Security of travel documents: modernisation of technologies in line with international and EU security standards;
• Border control, migration and asylum management: establishing a humane, well-organised and highly efficient border infrastructure;
• Public order and security: strengthening law enforcement cooperation and institutional integrity;
• Fundamental rights: ensuring that freedom of movement is accompanied by the protection of human rights and civil liberties.

The event drew high-level European and diplomatic participation, including EU Ambassador Vassilis Maragos, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Gintaras Aliksandravičius, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, and Andrius Pulokas, Lithuania’s Ambassador to Armenia.

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