I am in Prague for the launch summit of the EU's Eastern Partnership. This is intended to deliver practical benefits to the EU and to its neighbouring six countries to the east. There is money and political muscle behind it.
It was humbling to hear the president of Azerbaijan (biggest investor; the UK) describe the summit as the most important day since independence. The partnership is about building links and capacity. It is not anti-Russian; it is about mutual benefit and mutual responsibility.
But it will take active diplomacy: the unresolved conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria point to the enduring problems
Posted at 15:43 08 May 2009 by David Miliband | Comments[1]
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Posted by Christine Lumb on May 11, 2009 at 03:27 PM BST #