EASTERN PARTNERSHIP TARGETS BELARUS AND UKRAINE

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.04.2009 14:21 GMT+04:00

As a European Commission’s initiative, Eastern Partnership envisages
special kind of cooperation with member states.

"The main problem of this initiative is not the economy itself, but
perception of European values and democracy in six states: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova," Director of Freedom
House Europe Vladimir Shkolnikov said at Caucasus 2008 conference
in Yerevan.

"Of course, Eastern Partnership plan still has to be developed. It
is quite a complicated project, which targets Belarus and Ukraine
rather than South Caucasus countries," the expert said and added
that as compared to past initiatives, Eastern Partnership design is
very promising.

Eastern Partnership constitutive summit will take place in Prague
on May 7. The program was approved in December 2008 and includes six
post soviet countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress