"EASTERN PARTNERSHIP" TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR EU MEMBERS AND EASTERN PARTNERS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
11.06.2009 19:09 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Eastern Partnership will ensure steady bilateral
cooperation with each country and create conditions for regional
partnership among EU partners in the East, said Peter Semneby, EU
Special Representative in South Caucasus.

"The principal goal of Eastern Partnership program is to create
relevant conditions for speeding up political association and future
economic integration between EU and interested partner states. Eastern
Partnership is a special kind of Eastern program aimed at assessing
European Neighborhood policy," the European diplomat noted. The program
will promote political and social-economic reforms in partner states
and harmonize their policies with EU standards. Four thematic platforms
will promote regional cooperation among six EU partners. They include
democracy, good governance and stability, economic integration and
harmonization with EU sectoral policy, as well as energy security
and interpersonal contacts, 1news.az. quotes Semneby as saying.