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The European Union’s Eastern Partnership, which will see stronger ties between the bloc and six former Soviet states including Georgia, Armenia and Moldova, will be formally unveiled in Prague in exactly one month’s time, outgoing Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra said on Monday. The launch of the programme, which is one of the Czech Republic’s priorities during its EU presidency, was approved by a parliamentary commission on Monday morning, Mr Vondra said. The deputy prime minister said that it would be decided at the last minute whether Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko would be invited to Prague for the launch of the programme. Belarus is part of the partnership which aims to bolster ‘independence, democracy and the market economy’ in countries which could eventually apply for EU membership.
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