"EU-Eastern Partnership" conception to be elaborated within six months

PanARMENIAN.Net - European Union and 6 post-Soviet countries have set up a working group dealing with the elaboration of EURONEAST (EU-Eastern Partnership) conception. Decision to create the group was made on October 21 in Stockholm during a discussion on parliamentary cooperation within "Eastern Partnership" program.



Stockholm meeting was the first official forum devoted to the mechanisms of creating an EURONEAST interparliamentary structure. On the margins of discussions, there were also meetings between committee chairs dealing with international affairs.



Working group consists of 12 EU parliamentarians and representatives from 6 post-Soviet countries, including Belarus, Azzerbaijan, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, as well as 6 EU parliamentarians. Within the coming six months, working group is to elaborate EURONEAST conception and bring all principles and mechanisms of future parliamentary cooperation in compliance with program objectives.



EU Eastern Partnership program was elaborated upon the initiative of Poland and Sweden. It is aimed at establishing closer cooperation between EU and six post-Soviet countries - Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia Armenia and Belarus.