The EU is ready to contribute to economic development of the Eastern Partnership countries in the post-coronavirus period, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Oliver Varhelyi said at a press conference following his visit to Baku, AzVision.az reports.
Varhelyi said this is his first visit to Azerbaijan and it gave a new impetus to the relations between the EU and Azerbaijan.
During the visit, a new EU plan for the Eastern Partnership countries was discussed, he noted.
"We would like to contribute to the economic development of the region after the COVID-19 pandemic as part of an economic and investment plan,” he said. “This plan was developed jointly by the regional countries."
The European Commissioner stressed that the COVID-19 pandemic has created big problems in the region, but the EU hopes to help solve them by using a new development plan.
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