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22 of May, 12:33

The Riga summit supported the strengthening of the EU role in resolving the conflicts in the former USSR countries
The summit of "Eastern partnership", finalized a part of the Declaration on the role of the European Union in the resolution of conflicts within the former Soviet Union, the source said on the sidelines of the meeting.
"Section on the settlement of frozen conflicts is agreed upon, the summit welcomed the strengthening of the EU role in this process," he told the news Agency.
first 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. Along with this, the European Council Donald Tusk said that the participation in the "Eastern partnership" yet does not guarantee membership in the European Union, can only speak of an informal approach. 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. 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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