The European Union respects the choice of the participating countries of "Eastern partnership" does not imply the signing of the Treaty of Union with the EU, said on the first day of the week in Minsk, the European Commissioner for European neighbourhood policy and the negotiations on the extension Johannes Hahn.
"The European Union respects the choice of those who is not going to completely be associated, to integrate economically with the EU to sign the Association agreement," said Khan at an informal Ministerial meeting of the "Eastern partnership" in Minsk.
along with this It is sure that all the participants of this proposal, the EU has expressed interest in improving relations with the European Union and fulfil their obligations.
for its part, the Secretary General of the European external action service, Alain Le Roy said that the European Union States attaches great importance to honest and open discussion with the countries of " Eastern partnership ".
"The European Commission remains loyal to their partners on the" Eastern partnership ", which was confirmed by the European leaders at the conference in Riga. We respect the choice of the countries, but We want to interact with partners in the economy, integration, to develop a unified approach to the solution of different issues, " - said the politician. He added that the EU and the Eastern partnership "for the last time" came to the strengthening of relations in many areas ".
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.
The founding summit of "Eastern partnership" was held on 7 may 2009 in Prague.
The informal Ministerial dialogues at the level of Ministers of foreign Affairs and Directors of ministries held since 2012 has so far held four rounds in Chisinau (June 2012, without sectoral component), Tbilisi (February 2013), Yerevan (September 2013, education) and Baku (September 2014, energy).
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