Deutsche Welle says EU ministers heard proposals on Monday from Sweden and Poland on strengthening ties with eastern European countries.
The so-called eastern partnership would include Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and, eventually, Belarus, and would seek to focus on migration, with an eye to moving towards a visa-free regime.
The International Herald Tribune reports on a statement by Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who said that it was important to single out the relationship between the EU and its eastern European neighbours, which could one day become part of the bloc.
Currently, relations with Ukraine and other former Soviet states are governed by the EU’s neighbourhood policy, which also includes countries in North Africa and the Middle East.
