EU cooperation with its eastern neighbors was the focus of the 6th Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels.
The meeting was attended by the leaders of five of the six Eastern Partnership partners (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus).
Belarus was not invited, as it has withdrawn from the group.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed Greece’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Eastern Partnership partners.
The Summit took place amid developments both on the Ukrainian-Russian border, but also on Belarus’ borders with European countries and the effort to instrumentalize Immigration to achieve political goals.
The Prime Minister stressed the importance of aligning them with decisions and statements of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, especially those concerning the sovereignty, territorial integrity and sovereign rights of EU member states.
At the same time, he informed about his recent meeting in Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin, emphasizing that all sides must work for de-escalation, as no one will emerge victorious from a conflict.
The pandemic, the “Omicron” mutation and efforts to increase vaccinations will be discussed at the European Council meeting today, Thursday 16 December.
Topics that will also dominate are the energy crisis and rising prices across Europe.
The situation in Ukraine, the Immigration Service, will also be presented to the 27 on the occasion of the developments on the border with Belarus and the message for horizontal measures against those who use the Immigration Service.
The leaders will also have the first exchange of views on the new EU strategic doctrine, based on the “strategic compass”, the document submitted for discussion by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.
The position of the Prime Minister and the Government is that the text must respond to the threats received by the Union. It is also recalled that Kyriakos Mitsotakis was one of the first EU leaders to speak about the need to move forward with the debate on strategic EU autonomy. already from the Med9 Summit in Athens, as well as from the podium of the UN General Assembly last September, emphasizing that it will strengthen NATO’s European defense pillar. The goal is for the leaders to come up with the text for the strategic compass in March 2022.
On Thursday night, the Prime Minister will attend the dinner of the leaders of the eurozone countries with issues on the agenda, the current economic situation, and the progress towards the Banking Union and the Capital Markets Union.
ECB President Christine Lagarde will also attend the Summit.
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