"Eastern Partnership" to hold its first platform on June 5

PanARMENIAN.Net - The first Eastern Partnership (EaP) multilateral platform will be held tomorrow, June 5, in Brussels, Anahit Azatyan, Press Secretary of Euro-Comission's Yerevan Office, told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. "Platform will focus on democracy, good governance and stability. The other platforms, devoted to economic integration, energy and people to people contacts, will also be launched during the month of June," Euro-commission says in a statement. The aim of the platforms is to support the eastern partners' efforts to approximate to EU standards, to foster exchanges of experience and best practice and to strengthen contacts between them. 



"The launch of the multilateral platforms is key to the success of the Eastern Partnership. I hope that it will bring very concrete support to our partners' reform efforts, as well as deepen mutual understanding" said Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner. The June 5 meeting will be presided over by a Euro-committee representative. It will concentrate on mapping out fields for cooperation, and will discuss the launch of two Flagship Initiatives, on border management and prevention, preparedness and response to disasters. Other meetings are planned as follows: Energy security platform - June 17, and Platform on Economic integration and convergence with EU policies - June 26.