The Eastern Partnership leaders of the European People’s Party (EPP), who met in Chisinau on Thursday adopted a key declaration to enhance strategic cooperation between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership partners.

Hosted by EPP President Wilfried Martens and PLDM President Vlad Filat, the meeting featured Iurie Leanca, Prime Minister of Moldova,  Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia (, and Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia.

In a declaration, leaders reaffirmed the importance of regional stability and security for a full realization of the Eastern Partnership’s potential and stressed the importance of finding peaceful and negotiated settlements to the regional conflicts.

“The EPP Eastern Partnership cooperation is a successful ongoing process to create synergies and close ties among the Eastern partners and with the European Union. At the core of our discussions yesterday in Chisinau were issues relevant to the citizens such as fundamental freedoms, mobility and security and how to ensure them,” EPP President Wilfried Martens said.

“This EPP Summit also constituted an important step towards the 2013 Eastern Partnership Vilnius Summit by providing further strategic guidance and setting a timetable for concrete steps.”