Valeriu Balan. The countries of "Eastern partnership" can on " European dream ", but in the near future, we can only speak about the informal rapprochement, said Wednesday on the radio station (Free Europe) the head of the European Council Donald Tusk.
on Thursday in Riga opened a two-day summit of " Eastern partnership ". The program "Eastern partnership" includes political Association and economic integration of the EU with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The last 3 Countries last year signed the Association agreement with the EU partnership.
Tusk recalled that to date, Out of all the countries participating in the programme, only Moldova has achieved a visa-free regime with the EU.
"Eastern partnership does not guarantee entry into the European Union, because the idea, the dream of joining is quite new. Needless to say, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine have every right to have this European dream. Of the six countries participating in this programme of the European Union, only Moldova has received and the abolition of visas for the Schengen area, and the free trade agreement " - said Tusk, adding that the current level of cooperation with Moldova, anyway, does not guarantee the country joining the EU.
"Informal rapprochement with the European standards, to European cultural and political community may occur over several years, but only in the presence of this dream and with the assistance of Europeans," - said Tusk.
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