Brussels, 16/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament Conference of Presidents reached agreement in principle on Thursday on the setting up of a Parliamentary Assembly for Relations with the EU's Eastern Neighbours (Euronest) after the June 2009 European elections. The new assembly would be the parliamentary arm of the Eastern Partnership that the EU has decided to create to boost the eastern wing of the EU's neighbourhood policy with Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus (once Belarus has introduced the necessary democratic changes). The Eastern Partnership will be officially launched at a summit in Prague in May. Speaking on behalf of his group, the president of the EPP-ED, Joseph Daul, explained that it was the EPP-ED that had come up with the idea of creating Euronest to give a strong political signal to the countries in question. (H.B./trans.fl)