PRESS-SECRETARY OF PRIME MINISTER OF SWEDEN DISPROVES INFORMATION ABOUT STOPPING OF THE ‘EASTERN PARTNERSHIP’ PROGRAMME

ArmInfo
2009-07-07 15:24:00

ArmInfo. Michael Ericson, press-secretary of prime minister of Sweden,
taken chairmanship in the European Union, has disproved information
about stopping of the ‘Eastern Partnership’ programme.

He also added fulfillment of the ‘Eastern Partnership’ programme is
one of the most important initiatives which will be continued in the
course of chairmanship of Sweden in the European Union. He said that
the statement made on 7 May means that Sweden, as a chairman state in
the EU, should decide over the next 6 months to develop this initiative
or not. ‘Moreover, a sitting on the level of EU foreign ministers
and 6 member-states will be held in December’, – M.Ericson said.

He said that unfortunately some mass media informed that Prime
Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt allegedly said about stopping of the
‘Eastern Partnership’ programme. This is false information, he added.