The summit of "Eastern partnership" was held on may 21-22 in challenging environment And was accompanied by a rather sharp discussions in the preparation period, And specifically in Riga that assured the forecast of Russian diplomats, said permanent Commissioner of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov.

"besides, these discussions were carried out within the EU, And with the participation of the so-called focus countries," said a senior diplomat of the Russian correspondents on the last working day of the week in Brussels.

"We, of course, saw that the expectations from Riga in the period of preparation was deliberately underestimated, because, Clearly, the ambiguity of the situation was clear And our partners in the European Union. Note, this was in contrast from the last summit in Vilnius in November 2013, when the level of ambition And expectations largely through the roof, but there was a famous, reportedly, bummer. At the present time, the breakup was not large, but from the summit And was not expecting much, " - said Chizhov.

according to his statement, in this situation Vsplanet natural question, " why this Summit is held at the present time, when the revision of the European neighbourhood policy has not been completed, when the Treaty on the Union with three States - Georgia, Moldova And Ukraine - are yet to be fully valid, even when those working papers that were signed, only just beginning to be implemented ".

"That is, not very early held a Summit?" - said the Russian permanent representative.

in his vision, " it's not in the slowness of the bureaucracy of the European Union, which had planned the Summit then in Vilnius for a year and a half ".

"I think it's slightly different, but that probably delay it could do with even more questions. And I'm not even talking about the Fact that not all managers of the focal countries came to Riga, just as not all EU leaders had appeared there, " concluded the head of the Russian diplomatic mission to the EU.

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