EU CAN SIGN VISA-FREE AGREEMENT WITH EASTERN PARTNERSHIP STATES

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.03.2009 16:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ EU plans to introduce visa-free regime for Eastern
Partnership Member States, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia,
Georgia, Moldavia and Ukraine, EU statement stipulated.

"EU is interested in the intensification of relations with Eastern
Partnership" Member States, that are of strategic importance to the
Union," the statement drawn up by Czechia specifies.

The initiative will become a foundation for further collaboration with
Eastern Partnership Member States that have shown solid progress
in democracy, supremacy of law, human rights, market economy,
sustainable development and correct governance. According to the
statement, establishment of closer ties between the countries’
legislative systems and creation of joint organizations to create
free trade zones with 27 EU Member states and 6 partners are planned
within Eastern Partnership framework, Interfax reported.