Brussels to host third session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
21:53 27.05.2013
MEPs will meet their counterparts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Moldova and Ukraine for the third session of the Euronest
Parliamentary Assembly, in Brussels, on 28. and 29. May. The partners
will seek agreement on shared security concerns, trade, energy
cooperation and social issues and will discuss political messages for
the upcoming Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius.
The assembly, chaired by co-presidents Kristian Vigenin (S&D, BG) and
Borys Tarasyuk (UA, Verkhnova Rada), will seek to adopt joint reports
on regional security, trade, energy cooperation and social issues.
Belarus does not at present take part in the assembly’s activities,
for political reasons, but a working group on Belarus with invited
opposition representatives will meet during the assembly.
The meeting will be opened formally with an address by EP
Vice-President Jacek Protasiewicz, and speeches by the two co-chairs
and the EU Commissioner for the Neighbourhood Policy, Mr Åtefan Fule.