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22 of May, 14:03

Grybauskaite: the Wording "annexation of Crimea" has remained in the Riga summit Declaration
In their final Declaration of the summit of "Eastern partnership" in Riga remained the wording " annexation of Crimea ", said the head of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite.
The head of the Slovenian government Miroslav tserar of soomel that the final version of the Declaration was approved, reports RIA " Novosti ".
for its part Grybauskaite, answering the question whether the wording of the " annexation of Crimea ", the head said: "of course, without that Declaration would not be accepted," reports the news Agency. 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 would be mentioned in the outcome document. In addition, the source said that participants in the Riga summit of the Eastern partnership agreed on the final document 90%, refined associated with Russia and Crimea article. 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. 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.

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