Poroshenko not allowed to talk to the media at the conference " Eastern partnership "

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker gave the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to make a presentation to the media before the session of the summit of "Eastern partnership" in Riga.
After the ceremony, photographing the head of the visiting delegates came up to the reporters to make a brief statement. Poroshenko arrived for the session among the latter. Smiling broadly, he shook hands with Straujuma, Juncker and Tusk. Then was photographed with Prime Minister of Latvia. Then asked her to swap places with him and was photographed with the head of the EC, reports news Agency.
Arm in arm with Laimdota and Juncker, Poroshenko went on a red carpet to the entrance of the meeting hall. Reporters asked the Ukrainian President to comment, and he was quite ready to do it, giving to understand that a body turn ninety degrees. However, Juncker and Laimdota kept Poroshenko and with a nod and gestures explained to the journalists that time literally no time to start the session. As emphasized by RIA " Novosti ", Poroshenko only managed to answer the question about the prospects of visa-free regime with the European Union, having limited to the statement that " all will be well ". The fourth summit of "Eastern partnership" opened on Thursday in Riga and will End on the last business day of the week." 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. Russian envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov have said before, that work on a final Declaration rather tense: some countries want to strengthen anti-Russian orientation, and others that create obstacles. On Thursday, the Western media said that Belarus and Armenia refused to sign the final document because of the wording in the Crimea. The source revealed that before the current time "in the fourth paragraph of the text appeared the phrase" annexation of Crimea ". However, the Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb said that the issue of Crimea in any kuchibue mentioned in the outcome document.


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