Visegrad Group: “Eastern Partnership - key factor of stability in Eastern Europe”
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The Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) reaffirms its strong support for the Eastern Partnership and considers it a key factor in the stability of Eastern Europe.
This is indicated by the Joint Statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group (V4) adopted in Budapest yesterday.
Based on the Joint Statement, the V4 Ministers reaffirmed their strong support to the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) as a strategic dimension of the European Neighborhood Policy and a key and active factor of stability, security and economic progress in Eastern Europe.
They urged to keep the Eastern Partnership high on the EU’s political agenda.
At #V4#EaP mtg was discussed importance of EaP countries in energy sec. issues.#GEO plays vital role in ensuring energy security in #Europepic.twitter.com/yHtn7qlWQy
— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) August 31, 2017
The Ministers emphasised that the Eastern Partnership should have a clear political narrative, a new strategic vision and an architecture that guarantees joint ownership of European institutions, Member States and partner countries.
They agreed that the Brussels Declaration should reflect different aspirations of the partner countries and offer a European perspective for those interested, as well as to set out an ambitious agenda for the Eastern Partnership in the longer term.
The Ministers supported the Eastern Partnership’ focus on regional cooperation, inclusivity, common values, mutual accountability, differentiation and its multilateral dimension.
They emphasised the need to react strategically to the consequences of the present challenging geopolitical situation both for the Eastern Partnership countries and the European Union.
In this context they underlined the necessity of continuing reforms in partner countries to strengthen their internal stability, resilience and civilian security, and welcomed the Summit’s focus on tangible benefits delivered to citizens of the six Eastern Partnership countries. They also emphasised the importance of cooperation on strategic communication.
The V4 Ministers welcomed the introduction of visa-free travel for Georgian and Ukrainian citizens into the Schengen zone.
"This will undoubtedly contribute to enhance people-to-people contacts among the EU and the partner countries”, they said.
The Ministers reconfirmed that the implementation of Association Agreement/Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area is the key task for Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to further develop their relations with the European Union.
They highlight the special importance of the development of transport and infrastructure interconnections between the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries.
The document reads that "Better connections shall contribute not only to the strengthening of economic cooperation and people-to-people contacts, but also to the tightening of political ties”.
The Eastern Partnership countries play a significant role in ensuring the economic, energetic and physical security of the European Union, says Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze.
Georgian State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Victor Dolidze and Deputy Foreign Minister Vakhtang Makharoblishvili have participated in the Georgia-Moldova-Ukraine trilateral consultations in the field of European integration.
Political directors of the Visegrad Group (V4) Foreign Ministries paid a working visit to Georgia today.
Foreign Ministers of Visegrad Group (V4) reaffirmed their strong support to the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine with a joint statement.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze participated in a meeting of foreign ministers from the European Union (EU) Member States and Eastern Partnership countries in Tallinn, Estonia yesterday.
Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldavian foreign ministers, of the countries’ who enjoy association deals with the EU, met in Tallinn, Estonia today to agree on various issues ahead of the planned Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Brussels on November 24.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will take part in the upcoming fifth Eastern Partnership Summit (EaP) in Brussels, Belgium on November 24.
Kvirikashvili has been officially invited by the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas.
Vice President of European Parliament Ryszard Czarnecki said Georgia holds an important place in the European family and is an essential part of the European culture, history and civilisation.
The European Parliament proposes new ways to intensify EU relations with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit on 24 November. A new parliament report is calling to deepen the trio’s collaboration with the EU further and find new ways to support the countries on the EU’s eastern borders.
Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikheil Janelidze has met foreign ministers of Poland and Sweden in Tbilisi, and described the arrival as a "clear signal of support” ahead of the EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit scheduled for November 24.
Building stronger relations between the European Union (EU) and its Eastern Partners will lead to better lives for the people in our countries, say the Polish and Swedish foreign ministers.