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EurActiv (28 June 2021)

Belarus on Monday (28 June) said it was suspending its participation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership, an initiative to boost ties between the EU and its ex-Soviet neighbours, a move condemned by Brussels as “another step backwards” after the skyjacking of a European Ryanair flight last month.

“We cannot fulfil its obligations under this agreement in the context of sanctions and restrictions imposed by the EU,” Belarus’ foreign ministry said in a statement.

The Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative, launched by the EU in 2009 and seen by some countries as a precursor for joining the EU, offers six former Soviet republics – Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – improved economic and political ties in return for reforms.

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