On November 29th President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the official opening of the 3rd Eastern Partnership Summit in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
The Azerbaijani President was welcomed by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Attended by heads of state and government of EU member states and Eastern Partnership countries, the Summit was opened by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite.
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made keynote speeches.
The Summit then featured a signing ceremony.
The European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan signed an agreement to facilitate visa regime. The agreement was inked by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, and EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule.
The Summit then continued with a panel session.
The 1st Eastern Partnership Summit was held in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, in 2009, while the second was hosted by the Polish capital of Warsaw in 2011.

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