Participation in the "Eastern partnership" yet does not guarantee membership in the European Union, can only speak of the informal rapprochement, said the head of the European Council Donald Tusk. He said that until now, From all the countries participating in the programme, only Moldova has achieved a visa-free regime with the EU, says the journalist. Net.
"Eastern partnership does not guarantee membership in 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's accession to 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. The fourth summit of "Eastern partnership" opens on Thursday in Riga." Eastern partnership - the EU-funded project on development of cooperation with European and Transcaucasian Soviet republics. 3 of the six countries participating in the project - Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in 2014 signed the Treaty on the Union with the EU.
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