Germany backs Poland's plan to enhance EU relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

June 17, 2008 - 18:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed Poland's plan to enhance EU relations with five eastern European states, putting the Eastern Partnership scheme on track for formal agreement at this week's EU summit.



"We will all benefit from closer cooperation with our eastern neighbors within the ENP," she said.



"On Friday (20 June), we will ask the European Commission for concrete proposals so that this initiative does not give rise to mere titles, but to concrete projects," the chancellor said during a trip to Gdansk on Monday.



"I received unequivocal backing for this from the chancellor," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, after getting similar endorsements from the leaders of Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia earlier the same day.



The Eastern Partnership will be a new multilateral forum between the EU and Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, forging closer economic and political links and leading to visa-free travel deals., the EUObserver reports.



The initiative was also supported by Luxemburg and Denmark.
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