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Stability in the European Neighborhood has become an increasingly important topic. The EU recently confirmed its readiness to start negotiations on a new agreement with the Republic of Moldova going beyond the current Partnership and Cooperation Agreement. At the same time the European Commission is working on proposals to develop the Eastern Partnership which is supposed to deepen the bilateral as well as multilateral cooperation with and among the Eastern European neighbors.

Program

11.00 h Welcome by Dr. Peter R. Weilemann Director, European Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

11.05 h Opening Speech by Valeriu Ostalep, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova

11.30 h Panel I: Towards a new Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic Moldova in 2009

Contributions by:

Remi Duflot, European Commission, DG RELEX, E 2, Ukraine, Moldavia, Belarus

Nicu Popescu, Research Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, London office

Marianne Mikko MEP, Member of the European Parliament, Head of the EU-Moldova Delegation

13.00 hLunch buffet

13.45 h Panel II: Moldova’s perspectives within regional cooperation (Eastern Partnership / Black Sea Synergy)

Contributions by:

Kálmán Mizsei, EU Special Representative to the Republic of Moldova

Robert Simmons, Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, NATO (tbc)

Ambassador Olof Ehrenkrona, Ambassador and Special Adviser of the Prime Minister of Sweden for Globalisation

Ambassador Andri Veselovsky, Head of the Mission of the Ukraine to the EU

Elmar Brok MEP, Member European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (tbc)

Conclusions by Raduta Matache, Deputy Foreign Minister of Romania

15.30 End of Workshop