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

In a significant leap toward deepening EU-Armenia relations, the European Union officially launched a new two-year project on June 1 titled “Support to the visa liberalisation dialogue in Armenia in the fields of border management, document security, and law enforcement reforms”.

Backed by a €2.2 million EU allocation, the project is being implemented by Lithuania’s Central Project Management Agency, leveraging the member state’s own successful European integration track record.

The launch directly follows a milestone event: the delivery of the EU’s First Action Report on visa liberalisation to the Armenian government during the recent EU-Armenia Summit. This report serves as a rigorous European blueprint, outlining strategic recommendations across four fundamental pillars of governance:

• Travel document security: Upgrading technologies to match strict international and EU safety standards.
• Border, migration, and asylum management: Creating humane, organised, and highly efficient border infrastructure.
• Public order and security: Strengthening law enforcement cooperation and institutional integrity.
• Fundamental rights: Ensuring that freedom of movement goes hand-in-hand with 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.