Countries of the European Union and the Eastern Partnership have set the cornerstones for cooperation activities in the energy sector, the fight against Russian propaganda, dialogue "where appropriate" in matters of common security and defense, commitments for civil aviation agreements, and the firm will that "as soon as possible" steps can be taken towards a new, more advanced economic-political cooperation. 
It is on all this that the EU countries and the countries of the Eastern Partnership - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine - have agreed to work from now to 2019, when the parties will meet all around at the same table to evaluate progress and discuss progress. The summit of the leaders of the countries of the European Union and those of Eastern Europe outlined the roadmap for relations from here on out. Few agreements were signed, and in reality they were not expected. At the end of the day, only the strengthened and comprehensive cooperation with Armenia and a new agreement for the common area of civil aviation with the Caucasian republic were signed, but similar agreements with Ukraine, Azerbaijan could not close them due to the absence of necessary conditions. The EU has shown itself to be politically fragmented. The leaders of six Member States (Cyprus, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain) were missing, replaced by foreign or European affairs ministers. Only Italy has decided not to bring even a minister to Brussels (Mario Giro, deputy foreign minister present). The parties have agreed to pledge to "stimulate energy security through interconnections", which means "operationalize the strategic southern gas corridor" which would expel Russia from gas supplies to Europe. The EU and Eastern countries are then determined to "develop, where appropriate, a dialogue on security and cooperation in the area of common security and defense policy", and to invest in "strategic communication" as an element of defense against "disinformation" in the area. These are responses to Russian propaganda, not specifically mentioned in the final conclusions. The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, then underlined that today's meeting served as a basis for progress in cooperation "in a number of specific areas such as small and medium-sized enterprises, digital economy, broadband, transport and infrastructure" .
