EASTERN PARTNERSHIP ONE OF EU CZECH PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.02.2009 18:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Eastern Partnership will be one of priorities
of the Czech presidency in the European Union, the Polish Ambassador
to Armenia said.
Ambassador Tomasz Knothe reminded that the Polish Embassy will
represent the Czech Republic in the tenure of its presidency in the EU.
"The increasing importance of cooperation with the Eastern European
region and the development of relations with countries in the
Caucasian region sped up the preparation of the Eastern Partnership,"
he said. "Poland does support the initiative, which supplements
the European Neighborhood Policy and offers 6 post soviet states a
possibility to join the European family.
The Ambassador informed that projects will be submitted during the
Eastern Partnership Summit in Prague on May 7. "Implementation of
proposals depends on the participant countries," he said.
Ambassador Knothe emphasized that the EP doesn’t suppose exclusion of
Russia from regional projects and shouldn’t be eyed as a counterbalance
to the Russian Federation. "The European Union wants stability in
neighbor countries," he said.