Eastern Partnership Summit Postponed - Media

The meeting scheduled for June has been postponed to the second half of the year, however, there is no exact date. The Eastern Partnership Summit, which was scheduled for June, is postponed to the second half of the year. On Monday, April 20, Interfax-Ukraine reports with reference to a senior European diplomat. Answering a question about the prospects of holding the summit, he said, “As for the Eastern Partnership summit, as you know, it was supposed to take place during the Croatian presidency. But this will not happen. We will see if it will be possible to hold the summit in live format in second half of the year. " Earlier it was reported that the Eastern Partnership summit could be held in the format of a video conference. The Eastern Partnership is the eastern dimension of European Union foreign policy, initiated by Poland and Sweden. The program aims to deepen and strengthen EU relations with its six eastern neighbors: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Today it was reported that the meeting of EU foreign ministers will be held on April 22 in a video conference format. It will discuss Eastern Partnership policies in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announced their interest in revising and modernizing the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU and the conditions of the FTA.