Angelina Timofeeva. The format of the EU program "Eastern partnership" is not an instrument for the expansion of the European Union, said on Thursday German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The format of the Eastern partnership is not an instrument for the expansion of the EU. We can't call artificial expectations that We cannot fulfill. We know about it, I'm trying to convey this point of view to our Eastern partners, "said the Chancellor, speaking in Parliament yesterday out on the summit of "Eastern partnership" of the EU in Riga.
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.
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