Post by tuftabis on May 27, 2008 10:14:20 GMT -7
At a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Poland and Sweden presented Monday an initiative aimed at expanding EU’s relations with Eastern countries.
Its goal is to expand relations with Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and – at the technical and experts’ level – with Belarus. Addressing the European Policy Centre in Brussels earlier today, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that the strengthening of the eastern dimension of the bloc’s ‘neighbourhood policy’ will be the priority of Poland’s presidency in the European Union in the second half of 2011. He stressed Poland would like the Eastern Partnership initiative to be given the green light at next month’s EU summit.
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel of Slovenia, which holds the current presidency of the EU, has said he is enthusiastic about the Polish concept of the bloc’s Eastern Partnership.
Its goal is to expand relations with Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and – at the technical and experts’ level – with Belarus. Addressing the European Policy Centre in Brussels earlier today, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that the strengthening of the eastern dimension of the bloc’s ‘neighbourhood policy’ will be the priority of Poland’s presidency in the European Union in the second half of 2011. He stressed Poland would like the Eastern Partnership initiative to be given the green light at next month’s EU summit.
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel of Slovenia, which holds the current presidency of the EU, has said he is enthusiastic about the Polish concept of the bloc’s Eastern Partnership.