Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Hungarian ForMin: Eastern Partnership is not an anteroom to E.U. membership

Peter Balazs, the Hungarian Foreign Minister spoke with Azeri news portal today.az on Monday about the Nabucco gas pipeline project and about the Eastern Partnership program.

Mr. Balasz said that the Nabucco project will be on track in 2010 because investment decisions will be made then.

In addition, the Hungarian Prime Minister noted that the European Union's Eastern Partnership is "not an anteroom to the Union," but an attempt by the E.U. to carry out reforms.

The Eastern Partnership includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine).

Moldovan authorities have been very hopeful about opening up ties with the E.U., including via the Eastern Partnership.

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