Eastern Partnership countries to sign deal on regional roaming
The goal of the regional roaming agreement is to harmonise and reduce roaming prices between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries intend to sign an agreement on regional mobile roaming by the end of 2020, reports EUneighbours.eu.
The goal of the regional roaming agreement is to harmonise and reduce roaming prices between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
A common #roaming space between the EU and ???????????????????????????????????????????????? ? W/ the basic principles agreed upon, we are now one step closer => https://t.co/7LbLyQGGfh
— EU Neighbours (@euneighbours) December 18, 2019
The Regional Roaming Agreement is expected to be signed by the end of 2020.#EU4Digital #EaP10 pic.twitter.com/dh28IY0p69
Partner countries have agreed on the basic principles of Regional Roaming Agreement (RRA) at the Roaming Stakeholder Meeting of the Network of Eastern Partnership Regulators for Electronic Communications (EaPeReg) held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on November 12, this year.
The regional roaming agreement will be drafted by national public operators and competent authorities for national public consultation and deliberation.
EUneighbours.eu says that the next stage to broaden the context of social and economic integration of the region with the EU is to develop a common roaming space between Eastern Partnership countries and the EU member states.
Georgian Vice Prime Minister Maia Tskitishvili is taking part in the EBRD Eastern Partnership (EaP) Investment Summit taking place in the headquarters of the EBRD, in London, England on November 22.
Ten years have passed since the creation of the EU Eastern Partnership format, uniting six Eastern European countries: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine to support democracy, prosperity and stability in the region.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial was held in Luxemburg yesterday, where Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani once again emphasized that his country’s ultimate goal is EU membership.
The European Union (EU) plans to abolish roaming fee for its six allies from the Eastern Partnership, for Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova and Belarus.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday said it was “important” for the country to become a part of Europe's unified roaming space, adding “a lot of work” had been done by domestic authorities for the objective.