PM in Poland for Eastern Partnership Summit

Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has left for Warsaw to take part in the Eastern Partnership Summit. The Eastern Partnership is a 2009 Polish and Swedish initiative, aimed at promoting integration between the EU and Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus.

According to the Associated Press, the summit is to focus heavily on Ukraine, which has been negotiating free trade and association agreements with the EU.

“Poland had made it a key goal of its presidency to see the talks on the free trade and association agreements with Kiev completed before its six-month EU presidency ends on December 31,” AP reports.

Malta’s Permanent Representative Richard Cachia Caruana is accompanying Gonzi.

The Prime Minister is expected to return to Malta tomorrow evening.