State Department: U.S. will support the rapprochement of the countries of "Eastern partnership" with the EU

Washington approves of the action on the approximation of the countries of "Eastern partnership" with the European Union, said the Deputy head of the press service of the US state Department Marie Harf.
"We are committed to supporting further initiatives to implement the promotion of democracy and quality of governance, the fight against illegal activities of officials, strengthen energy security, economic and social development of the participating countries of" Eastern partnership ", - quotes the expression Harf information Agency.
She accused the Russian Federation in the pressure and misinformation. The desires of the capital of the United States to support the EU proposals of the participants of "Eastern partnership" the most important in time of increased Russian pressure on the region and the spread of misinformation in it ", stated the diplomat. The summit in the Latvian capital, in her vision, was successful. The fourth Summit of "Eastern partnership" opened 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. 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. It is also known that a draft of the summit Declaration does not contain provisions on visa-free regime for Georgia and Ukraine with the European Union in 2016 and that the summit participants agreed on the part of the Declaration on the role of the European Union in the resolution of conflicts within the former Soviet Union. Chizhov Also said that the countries of the Eastern partnership from the beginning and intentionally were faced with the necessity of choosing between Russia and the European Union. As shown Chizhov, despite the large amount of text for the final political Declaration of the Riga summit of the Eastern partnership, there is no hint on the main thing - the prospect of occurrence of the States members of the European Union.


sections: Politics