New Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with Armenia will be signed today, European Parliament president Antonio Tajani said in his address to the Eastern Partnership summit.

“Whether we take the example of the association agreements or of the visa liberalisation process, the European Parliament has fought hard to achieve these milestones and to combat the myths surrounding them.

We stand shoulder to shoulder with you, and we will continue to do so. All these advances we have made provide an excellent basis for the discussions at today’s Summit and should also encourage us to take a more ambitious approach to our future cooperation,” Tajani said

“The time is now ripe for us to set out a clear political vision for the future of the Eastern Partnership, based on the core values of democratic pluralism, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law and good governance, the fight against corruption and measures to enhance transparency and increase the involvement of civil society”.

Tajani  believes EU must use this partnership to build confidence in the area of our common security. The Eastern Partnership region is one of old and new security threats, and of conflicts that not only affect your independence, your sovereignty, your territorial integrity and the protection of human rights, but which also threaten to undermine the stability and security of the EU, he added.