The
European Union is holding the latest round of plenary discussions on
Association Agreement negotiations with
"We have the latest round of [plenary on] the Association Agreement
negotiations", Kjaer said. The department, headed by Kjaer, functions
under the European Neighbourhood Policy, and covers the countries of Eastern
Europe and South Caucasus, particularly Georgia, Azerbaijan,
He is with the two-day visit in
"The way that we structure these negotiations is that we have plenary
discussions and working groups which will work either in connection with the
plenary, or through special meetings which we use very often,
video-conference," he said.
There are four dimensions which the Agreement is based on with four working
groups focusing on politics, economy, human rights and democracy, and trade
accordingly.
"We have made very good progress and we enable to sustain the
progress," Kjaer said.
Nowadays the work is being undertaken mainly in first two working groups which
deals with political and energy dimensions, he said. Third and fourth working
groups are yet behind.
The EU has some constraints concerning the progress in fourth working group
which is trade, Kjaer said.
WTO membership is one of the core requirements for further progress in trade
cooperation between the EU and partner countries, including establishing a
comprehensive free trade zone the Association Agreement envisages.
Speaking about the recent Eastern Partnership Summit in
Eastern Partnership includes
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