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Fri, 04/24/2009 - 11:42
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EU DEEPENS TIES WITH ITS NEIGHBORS AND SUPPORTS THEIR REFORMS

Baku, 23 April (AzerTAc). European Union deepens ties with its neighbors and supports their reforms, EU annual Progress Reports said.

“Azerbaijan is a strategic partner for the EU on Caspian oil and gas resources both as a producer and a transit country.

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Armenia aligned themselves with the vast majority of the Common Foreign and Security Policy declarations with which they were invited to align, speaking with the EU in one voice in the international arena.

The European Commission has also proposed an ambitious Eastern Partnership with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, offering a wide and ambitious agenda for deepening the EU's ties to these countries.

The EU assistance to European Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) partners has also increased in 2008: €1.71 billion was committed in comparison to €1.67 billion committed in 2007”.


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