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The new partnership would take more concrete shape next year (Photo: European Commission)

'Eastern Partnership' could lead to enlargement, Poland says

Poland and Sweden have officially tabled proposals for an "Eastern Partnership" between the EU and its neighbours Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - with Poland presenting the deal as a path toward EU membership.

"It's time to look to the east to see what we can do to strengthen democracy," Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Monday (26 May), after presenting the project to the rest of the EU club with his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski.

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The new partnership would take more concrete shape next year (Photo: European Commission)

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