Eastern Partnership
The Eastern Partnership project is a forum that tries to improve political and economic relations between the EU and six former Soviet republics — Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
“For the countries in the Eastern Partnership, it is also very important to have close cooperation with Russia. It is not a contradiction to be closer to the European Union and to keep good relations, especially economic relations, with Russia, because it is the closest [country to] them. So it is quite natural that they would like [to] cooperate with Russia,” Buzek said.
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