EU LEADERS APPROVE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.12.2008 15:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The leaders 27 EU member states have approved a
set of French proposals to strengthen the European Security and
Defense Policy (ESDP) and the Eastern Partnership project aimed
at establishment of closer ties with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova,
Ukraine and also Belarus, if it accepts the democracy improvement plan.

The package contains capabilities targets, a declaration on the
strengthening of international security and also a report by the
EU’s foreign-policy chief, Javier Solana, on the implementation of
the European Security Strategy of December 2003. Solana’s report also
outlines new threats in the fields of climate change, energy security
and cyber-crime.

Russia is marked as an "important partner in global issues" and as
Europe’s major energy supplier, RIA Novosti reports.