The two-day meeting of heads of state and government is to adopt strategic decisions on the shape of the Eastern Partnership for the years to come.

The purpose of the summitis to provide a strong political signal on the increasing integration of the EU’s Eastern neighbours into Europe. At the same time, summit participants will evaluate the achievements of the Partnership to date which have contributed to the convergence of the partner countries towards European norms, standards and values ​​and facilitated their political association with, and economic integration into, the EU.

The summit will be attended by representatives from 33 countries which include 27 EU Member States and six Eastern European countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and possibly Belarus. Almost all these countries will be represented by heads of state or government. European Union institutions will be represented by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, who will also be chairing the summit meetings, Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, JoséManuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and Catherine Ashton, Head of the European External Action Service. The meeting will be hosted by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Donald Tusk, representing the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The Eastern Partnership Summit is held every two years, and the meeting in Warsaw is the second such meeting after the summit in Prague in 2009, which inaugurated this form of co-operation. ...more.

Source: http://pl2011.eu/en/content/eastern-partnership-summit-warsaw