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    KARABAKH CONFLICT OBSTACLE FOR EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    02.12.2008 17:18 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is an obstacle for the
    European Partnership, according to the head of the European Commission
    delegation to Azerbaijan.

    "The European Union will brisk up activities for soonest resolution of
    the conflict," Amb. Alan Waddams said. "At that, the EU will endorse
    the OSCE Minsk Group," he added, Trend Azeri news agency reports.

    The European Commission is to propose pulling the EU's six post-Soviet
    neighbors closer to the West by recognizing their "European
    aspirations" and creating a new "European Economic Area."

    The new EU policy - first floated by Poland and Sweden in May -
    proposes signing "Association Agreements" with Belarus, Moldova,
    Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in the next few years and to
    "acknowledge the European identity and aspirations of these countries."

    The draft communique underlines that the new pacts, which recall
    the association treaties signed with Poland or Lithuania prior to
    the 2004 round of enlargement, do not amount to a promise of future
    accession. "The conclusion of Association Agreements will be without
    prejudice to the partners' European aspirations."

    The draft communique proposes holding an "Eastern Partnership
    Summit" in June 2009 to launch the project. Follow-up meetings of
    EU and Eastern Partnership foreign ministers are to take place each
    Spring. "Senior officials" from the "27 + 5 (6)" countries are to
    meet twice-yearly to prepare for the ministerials.
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