European Union Invites Russia To "Eastern Partnership"

EUROPEAN UNION INVITES RUSSIA TO "EASTERN PARTNERSHIP"

Panorama.am
19:38 24/02/2009

Western countries are intended to fill the previous gaps implementing
the project of "Eastern Partnership".

The representative of France Bernard Kushner announced during
the Foreign Ministerial meeting of the European Union countries
in Brussels, that the Union has invited Russia and Turkey to have
observer’s status in the "Eastern Partnership" project. The French
Minister mentioned that the EU wanted to avoid the situation created
in the aftermaths of the NATO expansion, when Russian authorities
thought they were put in blockade.

Earlier the Russian party has taken the initiative to join the new
project of the EU. The Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov
expressed their preparedness of participation to the EU foreign
policy chief and Secretary-General of the Council of the European
Union Javier Solana.

"Eastern Partnership" is meant to provide institutionalized forum for
discussing visa agreements, free trade deals and strategic partnership
agreements with the EU’s eastern neighbors. Its geographical scope
is to consist of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS