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POLAND CONDEMNS BELARUS MINISTER NO-SHOW AT EASTERN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT
RIA Novosti
15:57 29/09/2011
Warsaw is hosting a two-day summit (September 29-30) on the Eastern
Partnership, an initiative to bring the EU's eastern neighbors closer
to the 27-nation bloc.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov declined the invitation.
The country will be represented at the summit by the Belarusian
ambassador to Warsaw.
Belarus' decision is yet another step toward the country's "self
imposed isolation," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said
on Thursday.
The Eastern Partnership program, initiated by Poland and Sweden
in 2008, seeks to bring the six post-Soviet countries of Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine closer to the
democratic and economic workings of the EU.
The summit is expected to produce a declaration on the "European
aspirations" of the EU's partners in the program.
RIA Novosti
15:57 29/09/2011
Warsaw is hosting a two-day summit (September 29-30) on the Eastern
Partnership, an initiative to bring the EU's eastern neighbors closer
to the 27-nation bloc.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov declined the invitation.
The country will be represented at the summit by the Belarusian
ambassador to Warsaw.
Belarus' decision is yet another step toward the country's "self
imposed isolation," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said
on Thursday.
The Eastern Partnership program, initiated by Poland and Sweden
in 2008, seeks to bring the six post-Soviet countries of Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine closer to the
democratic and economic workings of the EU.
The summit is expected to produce a declaration on the "European
aspirations" of the EU's partners in the program.