We discussed our commitment to reinforce cooperation to improve joint resilience and to recalibrate the Eastern Partnership in order to make it more flexible. Such a statement the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy made after the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.

“Before the Foreign Affairs Council, we had the annual meeting of the Eastern Partnership at the Ministerial level.

We discussed the consequences for the regional security and the stability of the region after Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and our commitment to reinforce cooperation to improve joint resilience and to recalibrate the Eastern Partnership in order to make it more flexible and [for it to] become a more strategic tool, able to respond to the different needs of our partners. Among our partners, there is Belarus, and there is Ukraine, and there is Georgia, [the Republic of] Moldova – countries which have been granted status of candidate, with a European perspective for Georgia.

So, it has been an intense day and I am happy to see that it has also been a very productive day. Not everything has been settled, there is still work in progress but, by the end of the week, before the Christmas holidays, everything will be settled. I hope so”, - said Josep Borrell.