EU leaders approve Eastern Partnership
The leaders 27 EU member states have approved a set of French proposals to strengthen the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) and the Eastern Partnership project aimed at establishment of closer ties with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine and also Belarus, if it accepts the democracy improvement plan.
The package contains capabilities targets, a declaration on the strengthening of international security and also a report by the EU's foreign-policy chief, Javier Solana, on the implementation of the European Security Strategy of December 2003. Solana's report also outlines new threats in the fields of climate change, energy security and cyber-crime.
Russia is marked as an "important partner in global issues" and as Europe's major energy supplier, RIA Novosti reports.
The package contains capabilities targets, a declaration on the strengthening of international security and also a report by the EU's foreign-policy chief, Javier Solana, on the implementation of the European Security Strategy of December 2003. Solana's report also outlines new threats in the fields of climate change, energy security and cyber-crime.
Russia is marked as an "important partner in global issues" and as Europe's major energy supplier, RIA Novosti reports.
