"EASTERN PARTNERSHIP" – A POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROJECT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
26.06.2009 17:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Eastern Partnership project enables member states to
sign associate membership agreement, but such status cannot grow into
full membership, Alexander Duleba, Head of Foreign Policy Association
centre, announced in Yerevan during a press-conference devoted to
"Eastern Partnership and Prospects for Democracy Building in South
Caucasus". The program, according to him, pursues political goals which
may later develop into economic projects. "The action plan submitted by
Poland and Sweden is a political document and not a treaty. However,
there are prospects for creating a European labor market. But
that project too, should apply only to EU member states. "Eastern
Partnership is aimed at diversification of gas pipelines to Europe
and should be the first step towards creating a European Economic
Area," Duleba said, adding that South Caucasian countries, Ukraine,
Belarus and Moldova are required to modernize their economy.