Eastern Partnership Foreign Ministers Informal Meeting opened in Sopot![]() May 24, 2010 - 14:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Eastern Partnership Foreign Ministers Informal Meeting has opened in Sopot, Poland. As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reports from Sopot, Armenia is represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Karine Kazinian. Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule, European Union Foreign Ministers, including Carl Bildt of Switzerland and Miguel Angel Moratinos of Spain, are attending. The participants are expected to discuss implementation of the Eastern Partnership initiative and propose creation of an informal cooperation forum with the Eastern Partnership member states. ![]() ![]() Eastern Partnership The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is the first comprehensive initiative introduced into the system of the European Union’s external relations, addressed to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The Eastern Partnership is designed to help the countries of Eastern Europe and South Caucasus with their approximation to and integration with the European Union. The EaP has injected a new quality into relations between the EU and the countries covered by the initiative through their gradual integration with the European Union. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |