Press Release: The Commission makes headway in its cooperation in the area of Justice and Home Affairs within the Eastern Partnership

The European Commission decided to step up cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA).

EU action in the external dimension of JHA has been growing steadily in the recent years. Cooperation on issues such as visa policy, asylum, border management, fighting organised crime and judiciary reform has helped improve security and stability both for citizens and for businesses in Eastern Partner countries and in the EU.

The European Commission has published a Communication that seeks to build on this progress by further developing the dialogue and cooperation with the Eastern Partners (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine).

• Primary Source

European Commission: Speech/11/609: Catherine Ashton: Statement ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/609&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Press Release: IP/11/1122: Eastern Partnership Summit Warsaw, 29 and 30 September 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1122&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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