Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that Belarus would be invited to the summit of the "Eastern Partnership." "No one has excluded Belarus from "Eastern Partnership." Belarus will be invited to the summit of partnerships at the highest level possible," said the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry.
Radoslaw Sikorski said that «Eastern Partnership» new action plan is scheduled to publish in the forthcoming summit, which promises to be «as ambitious as possible,» reports the Polish Press Agency.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland is concerned about the economic crisis in Belarus, as well as the political situation in the country. Poland intends to continue supporting democratic changes, in Belarus as well. So, Poland is planning to organize international solidarity fund until the end of 2011.
«It will be our tool to provide development assistance, as well as support for democratic changes. The money should be directed to the whole palette of tasks assigned by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, primarily in support of democracy and civil society in such countries as Belarus,» Radoslaw Sikorski said.
As Telegraf previously reported, there’re six countries in the European Union project «Eastern Partnership» — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and the Ukraine. Nevertheless, the Parliamentary Assembly of the «Eastern Partnership» (Euronest) was established on May 3, 2011 without the participation of Belarus.
In this connection, the Belarusian side considers Euronest launch illegitimate. «Program «Eastern Partnership» in case of conversion to a discriminate, amorphous and sluggish process with emasculated content, will lose its relevance and meaning,» said to the Foreign Ministry of Belarus then.
