Minsk hopes to fix the format of the EU "Eastern partnership" And cooperation with the West, said the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Belarus is extremely interested in closely cooperating with the West And believes that the Eurasian Union has to exist. About it on April 17 in Minsk Alexander Lukashenko said during negotiations with European Commissioner for European neighbourhood policy And enlargement negotiations of the EU Johannes Hahn, informs Informagentstvo." We did not hide And do not hide that We are extremely interested in more shadows cooperating with the West, " he said, noting that the official Minsk is not only interested in Western technology. "We were very interested in the development of our economic ties. The economy is, I Think, should be the Foundation of any relationship And any cooperation, " he said." it is highly updated for the last time period an area such as safety - most in the Eastern region of Europe, " He said. Speaking about the possibility of cooperation between NATO And CSTO, head of the former Soviet Republic said: "I Think that We will get to that And our military-political blocs will be to maintain contact, and has the ability to be, And cooperating "." We in Belarus see Eastern partnership "in the future, reformatted, And would like to "Eastern partnership" was reformatted with the usual policy - probably, this phase has passed, He has been, can be, And need to work more closely on specific cooperation based on economic issues, economic issues "." And should be avoided, although we have recently succeed, to develop the partnership is not against anyone, but for interaction. I mean against Russia, people's Republic of China, " he added.- We do not create our dimension. We create it in order to improve the lives of people And to protect the European continent." You probably are well aware of the main aspects of our cooperation here in the post-Soviet space in the framework of the Eurasian economic Union. If someone in the EU's view, because this unification can not " see "is wrong," he said.- I think that the European Union should explore several areas of cooperation with the Eurasian economic Union. Still, this structure is able to exist, it has attracted the interest of most countries, the most Asian countries. And I Think that the European Union should have known about the major trends that occur in the Eurasian economic Union ". Lukashenko said that the European Union States could today to build relations with the EEU as a " global market ". He Also showed the role of the post-Soviet Republic in such cooperation, noting Also its filter function for illegal flow of illegal migrants, weapons, drugs And even nuclear materials in the EU. For its part, Khan said: "We are working on building our policy for the future And the key aspect here - individual approach to all member countries of the Eastern partnership." We must therefore desire to know our neighbors And match them with the interests of the European Union in General, - said the Commissioner.- A key interest of the European Union is peace, stability And prosperity of our neighbors." Also on April 17, held in Minsk dialogues Commissioner Johannes Hahn with the foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei. The officials discussed topical issues of relations between Minsk And Brussels, as well as the impending participation of the official Belarusian delegation in the EAP summit in Riga. The program "Eastern partnership" aimed at the rapprochement of the EU with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus And Ukraine." Eastern partnership does not provide for EU membership, but involves political And economic rapprochement. In summer, the EU removed the limits from eight Residents of Belarus, but added to the black list of one person. In October, the EU removed the punishment from several Belarusian enterprises And organizations. Of punishment in General the EU has extended until October 2015. The package of EU sanctions against Belarus includes a black list of authorized officials of the state And big business, who are denied entry to the site of the countries members of the brotherhood. In addition, the penalties include a ban on economic management for European entrepreneurs with a number of Belarusian organizations, as well as an embargo on the supply to this country of police equipment And dual-use technology, which can be used for internal repression. The EU sets a condition for the normalization of relations, the release of all political prisoners. For its part, Belarus declares that political prisoners in the country.