The head of mission of Ukraine to the European Union Konstantin Eliseev believes that the policy of "Eastern partnership" should reconsider and to separate it from Azerbaijan, Belarus and Armenia.
"First, We can provide a policy of differentiation in the framework of" Eastern partnership ". I think it is time to separate the 3 countries - Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus. We tried to do that at the Riga summit, we had, by the way, agreed tripartite message against Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. That is, a clear differentiation, " said Elisha to the eighth Kyiv forum, BelTA news Agency.
May 22, adopted a final Declaration of the summit of " Eastern partnership ". It was stated that about the "annexation" of the Crimea in the document told the only EU country. According to the Declaration, the term "annexation of Crimea" at the conference in Riga was signed only EU country. All the summit participants, including countries of the Eastern partnership, "confirmed their places in relation to the decision of the UNGA room 68/262 on the territorial integrity of Ukraine," according to the text of the document. The head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that opposes the attempts of the West to draw him into a discussion about the " annexation of Crimea ". 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 ". On the last day, may 22, refused to sign the final Declaration of the summit of "Eastern partnership" and Azerbaijan. 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.

sections: Politics