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    MEDVEDEV WARNS EU NOT TO TURN EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST RUSSIA

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    22.05.2009 11:57 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned the
    European Union not to turn a proposed partnership with former Soviet
    countries against Russia.

    "We would not want the Eastern Partnership to turn into partnership
    against Russia. There are various examples," Mr Medvedev told a news
    conference at the end of the summit, which brought together Czech
    President Vaclav Klaus, whose country holds the EU presidency, and
    EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso.

    "I would simply not want this partnership to consolidate certain
    individual states, which are of an anti-Russian bent, with other
    European states," he said.

    Moscow has accused the 27-member bloc of creating new dividing lines
    in Europe by offering closer ties to six former Soviet republics.

    The EU last week launched the plan to forge close political and
    economic ties with the six countries in exchange for democratic
    reforms.

    The Eastern Partnership Initiative is intended to bolster
    stability in the region, but without the prospect of eventual EU
    membership. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
    have signed up to the initiative, BBC reports.
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