In their statement, the member organisations of the Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum express their solidarity with the people of Ukraine in the fight for freedom and condemn the annexation and occupation of Ukrainian territories by Russia.
Mr Ruslan Havryliuk, EaP CSF Environment Working Group (WG3) Coordinator spoke at the regional kick off of the EU4Environment – Water Resources and Environmental Data Programme, where he shared civil society’s perspective on the new Programme on Water Resources and Environmental Data, including needs and opportunities in the EaP region.
The Belarusian National Platform of the EaP CSF urges the international community to call for the implementation of the demands of philosopher and methodologist Uladzimir Matskevich.
The EaP CSF Ukrainian National Platform welcomes the holding of the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels on December 15, 2021.
The Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum supports the process of national accord initiated by the President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili. The political crisis and polarisation in Georgia hinders the European development of the country and the pursuit of the common goal related to our European and Euro-Atlantic future.
The EaP CSF commends the results of the 6th Eastern Partnership Summit and considers it a success. At this critical juncture in the EU’s relations with its Eastern neighbours when both sides are facing multiple and complex challenges, the commitment of the EU and EaP leaders to the continuation of the policy sends a strong signal to the citizens of the partner countries and EU member states.
The EaP CSF Working Group 3 on environment, climate change and energy security welcomes and supports the recently published EaP CSF position paper on the Joint Staff Working Document (JSWD), ‘Recovery, resilience and reform: post-2020 Eastern Partnership priorities’ as well as the results of the 6th EaP Summit.
During the 13th EaP CSF Annual Assembly, Tatsiana Khomich, Coordination Council representative for political prisoners, delivered a speech on the situation in Belarus.
The EaP CSF Steering Committee decisively condemns the disproportionately violent response of the police during the protest in Baku on December 1 and restrictions on the freedom of assembly guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The EaP CSF Steering Committee calls on the international community, the governments of democratic countries and the EU to take all necessary measures towards the dictatorial regime in Belarus and to continue to demand the unconditional release of political prisoners, the safeguarding of fundamental rights and freedoms, and the holding of free democratic elections in Belarus.