South Caucasus security, stability and prosperity increasingly impacts on the EU's

PanARMENIAN.Net - With the Eastern Partnership the EU offers its Eastern partners concrete, far-reaching support for democratic and market-oriented reforms and thus contribute to their political and economic stability, Head of the European Commission Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net



"All these neighbors are already striving to undertake political, social and economic reforms, and have stated their wish to come closer to the EU," he said.



Ambassador de Luzenberger emphasized that EU enlargements have brought Eastern countries closer to the EU and their security, stability and prosperity increasingly impacts on the EU's.



"Events in the countries in Eastern Europe and in the Southern Caucasus affect the EU, as last summer's conflict in Georgia showed vividly. This winter's gas crisis is another example of our mutual dependence," he said.



"The Eastern Partnership will add a multilateral dimension to our cooperation. This is an issue of great importance for Armenia and we hope that this multilateral format of the Eastern Partnership will substantially contribute to the development of the regional cooperation in Southern Caucasus."

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