Leaders of five of the six Eastern Partnership countries, including four presidents, are expected to attend a summit in Vilnius on November 28-29, the Council of the European Union said in a statement on Tuesday.

The heads of state and government of the 28 EU countries, and also the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Georgia, the Moldovan prime minister, and the foreign minister of Belarus are expected to take part in the summit to be chaired by the President of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy who, together with the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, will represent the European Union. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite will host the summit.

The partner-countries will be represented by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, Georgian President Giorgi Margelashvili, and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, and also Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca, and Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, it said.

Taking part in the summit will also be European Parliament President Martin Schulz, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Catherine Ashton, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule and Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht.

"Our objective is to work together with our partners in the region to build - step by step - a democratic, prosperous and stable neighborhood based on the rule of law," van Rompuy said.

"Vilnius will mark the end of the first decade of the Union's neighborhood policy and the first four years since the launch of the Eastern Partnership in Prague in 2009. We continue to work on the ambitious Association Agreements including Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas with partners meeting the benchmarks and steps towards facilitating and liberalizing travelling between the Union and the region," he said.