Russia disapproves of EU eastern partnership program: Russian MP
07.02.2009,
01:27
Russia disapproves of the EU Eastern Partnership Program, said Sergei Markov, Russian MP, member of Russia’s delegation in PACE.
YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. Russia disapproves of the EU Eastern Partnership Program, said Sergei Markov, Russian MP, member of Russia’s delegation in PACE.
“We consider the Eastern Partnership an attempt to turn post-soviet states of Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, into a near abroad, a kind of a colony,” he said during a space bridge between Yerevan and Moscow on the impact of the integration of sovereign states into international organizations.
According to Markov, Russia has long established friendly relations with East European countries that have been linked to each other since Soviet times.
The Russian MP hailed collaboration and friendly relations with East European countries, saying the Eastern Partnership Program aims at strengthening one-way influence of the European Union on those countries.
The expert underlined that propagating democratic principles in Estonia and Latvia aroused a Nazi movement and deprive one third of the population from the right to vote.
“This is why, we consider the Eastern Partnership policy to be an element of the so-called zero-sum policy, with EU being hostile towards the Russian influence,” he added.
Markov urged Eastern Europe to give up the EU policy and cooperate both with Russia and Europe.
In his turn, Deputy Director of the Institute of the CIS States Vladimir Zharikhin said the Eastern Partnership Program implies cooperation, not social responsibilities boiling down to cheap manpower.
Approved by 27 EU member-states at the December 2008 summit in Brussels, the initiators of the Eastern Partnership were Poland and Sweden. The program aims at bringing together Ukraine, Armenia, Moldavia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and, possibly, Belarus.
The program’s objective is to boost political cooperation and integrate ex-soviet states into EU economy, as well as extend financial assistance to these countries and ensure energy safety in post-soviet space. –0--
“We consider the Eastern Partnership an attempt to turn post-soviet states of Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, into a near abroad, a kind of a colony,” he said during a space bridge between Yerevan and Moscow on the impact of the integration of sovereign states into international organizations.
According to Markov, Russia has long established friendly relations with East European countries that have been linked to each other since Soviet times.
The Russian MP hailed collaboration and friendly relations with East European countries, saying the Eastern Partnership Program aims at strengthening one-way influence of the European Union on those countries.
The expert underlined that propagating democratic principles in Estonia and Latvia aroused a Nazi movement and deprive one third of the population from the right to vote.
“This is why, we consider the Eastern Partnership policy to be an element of the so-called zero-sum policy, with EU being hostile towards the Russian influence,” he added.
Markov urged Eastern Europe to give up the EU policy and cooperate both with Russia and Europe.
In his turn, Deputy Director of the Institute of the CIS States Vladimir Zharikhin said the Eastern Partnership Program implies cooperation, not social responsibilities boiling down to cheap manpower.
Approved by 27 EU member-states at the December 2008 summit in Brussels, the initiators of the Eastern Partnership were Poland and Sweden. The program aims at bringing together Ukraine, Armenia, Moldavia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and, possibly, Belarus.
The program’s objective is to boost political cooperation and integrate ex-soviet states into EU economy, as well as extend financial assistance to these countries and ensure energy safety in post-soviet space. –0--
