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21 of May, 21:04

Ukrainian media: the Declaration of the "Eastern partnership" will be the phrase about the " annexation of Crimea "
In the final Declaration of the summit of "Eastern partnership" in Riga will remain condemning " the annexation of the Crimea ", opposed Belarus and Armenia, said the Ukrainian media.
in the text of the Declaration In this case decided to make a mention about the fact that Belarus and Armenia was opposed to such language.
"The EU reaffirms its place as enshrined in the General statement at the conference of the EU - Ukraine on April 27, including the position on the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol. The summit participants confirmed their places on the decisions of the General Assembly of the United Nations 68/262 on the territorial integrity of Ukraine ", - reported in the current text of the draft Declaration, the text of which leads to " Radio Liberty ". Before 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 ". 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. 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. According to Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Belarus Alena Kupchyna, the summit of "Eastern partnership" in Riga could be the last in the case of promotion of members of the meeting of the anti-Russian subjects. Remember, in Crimea on March 16 was held the referendum on the status of autonomy, more than 96% of participants who were in favor of joining region in Russia. On March 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on ratification of the agreement on joining of the Crimea and Sevastopol a part of Russia, as well as the decree about formation of the Crimean Federal district.

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