Estonia intends to offer the Eastern Partnership countries to create a common economic space with the European Union.

"Estonia wishes to achieve concrete results in creation of a common space between the European Union and the countries participating in the Eastern Partnership at the coming Eastern Partnership Summit slated for end of this year in Vilnius," Estonia's Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said at a meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday.

Paet said he hopes an associate agreement with Ukraine will be signed and that with Georgia, Moldova and Armenia will be initialed at the summit, the Foreign Ministry's press service reported.

In his words, the purpose of the Vilnius summit is also to develop proposals to strengthen the EU's Eastern Partnership. One of such possibilities will be the formation of the common economic space of the EU-Eastern Partnership countries, he added.

For this, the countries should sign agreements on associate membership, and these agreements should be successfully implemented. The financing of the reforms by the European Union and raising awareness about the need and the impact of changes may help here, the foreign minister said.

He also noted the need for the simplification of visa procedures as soon as possible.

The Eastern Partnership countries include Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.