June 11, 2009 - 20:09 AMT
"Eastern Partnership" to create favorable conditions for EU members and eastern partners
Eastern Partnership will ensure steady bilateral cooperation with each country and create conditions for regional partnership among EU partners in the East, said Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative in South Caucasus.
"The principal goal of Eastern Partnership program is to create relevant conditions for speeding up political association and future economic integration between EU and interested partner states. Eastern Partnership is a special kind of Eastern program aimed at assessing European Neighborhood policy," the European diplomat noted. The program will promote political and social-economic reforms in partner states and harmonize their policies with EU standards. Four thematic platforms will promote regional cooperation among six EU partners. They include democracy, good governance and stability, economic integration and harmonization with EU sectoral policy, as well as energy security and interpersonal contacts, 1news.az. quotes Semneby as saying.