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Peacekeeping missions
The EU has sent peacekeeping missions to several of the worlds
trouble spots. In August 2008, it helped broker a ceasefire between
Georgia and Russia, deployed EU observers to monitor the situation
(EU monitoring mission in Georgia) and provided humanitarian aid to
people displaced by the fighting.
In the Balkans, the EU funds projects designed to help 7 countries
build stable societies. A strong police and justice force (EULEX Kosovo)
is in place to help ensure law and order.
The EU has no standing army. Instead, under its common security and
defence policy (CSDP), it relies on ad hoc forces contributed by EU
countries for:
A partnership eastwards
As the EU has expanded, the countries of eastern Europe and the
southern Caucasus have become closer neighbours. Increasinlgly, their
security, stability and prosperity affect ours. Closer cooperation
between the EU and its eastern European partners Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine is
a key element in EU foreign relations.
political association
economic integration
increased mobility for people.
The EU continued to support the transition to democracy in north
Africa and the Middle East, despite much political instability and
struggling economies.
An EU-Tunisia Task Force coordinates European and international
support to help Tunisia on its way to democracy and a stronger
economy. A similar EU-Egypt Task Force was set up in November 2012.
The EU supports international efforts to bring peace to the Middle
East in a different way. It favours a 2-state arrangement with the
Palestinian state living side-by-side with Israel. The EU, the UN, the US
and Russia (the 'Quartet') are working together to encourage both
sides to reach an agreement.
In early 2013 the Iranian nuclear programme was one of the most
pressing sources of tension internationally. November's landmark
agreement with the international community was a first step towards
resolving the issue. This was a tribute to the EU's role in leading peace
talks on behalf of the international community.