President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will participate in the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius on 28-29 November 2013.

“The six partner countries will be represented by the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, President Georgi Margvelashvili of Georgia, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca and Vladimir Makei, Foreign Minister of Belarus,” says the statement posted on the website of European Commission.

“Our objective is to work together with our partners in the region to build - step by step - a democratic, prosperous and stable neighbourhood based on the rule of law. Vilnius will mark the end of the first decade of the Union's neighbourhood policy and the first four years since the launch of the Eastern Partnership in Prague in 2009. We continue to work on the ambitious Association Agreements including Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas with partners meeting the benchmarks and steps towards facilitating and liberalising travelling between the Union and the region,” Pesident Van Rompuy said.

President Barroso said: “The Eastern Partnership is delivering change and a new perspective to citizens in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine; And it is part of a much bigger transformation taking place on the European Union's borders. In the last few years the European Union became the biggest trading partner and source of investments, a political presence and a reliable partner to most of our Eastern neighbours. Ultimately Europe and the Eastern partners can only flourish as an integrated continent without dividing lines.”

At the summit the EU will also sign a framework agreement with Georgia on participation in EU Crisis management operations.