MINSK, March 11 (BelTA) – Belarus and the European Union need to conclude a new agreement on partnership and cooperation for successful development of economic and political relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Yevdochenko said at the workshop “Improving the conditions for attracting foreign investments”.“The primary objective is to strengthen legal-treaty base that is to institutionalize the relations,” the diplomat said. The Deputy Foreign Minister noted that the Belarusian side is expecting the effective implementation of the Eastern Partnership. “We expect the Eastern Partnership to be democratic, to take into account points of view of all member countries and those who are not hurrying to formalize their relations with the EU in the form of an EU membership application,” Andrei Yevdochenko said.Commenting on some projections about such Belarus-EU cooperation forms as a free trade zone and even a common economic space, the diplomat called to be realistic. “At first we need to sort out our economic relations,” he said.“Today’s motto “Europe without boundaries” introduced by the Czech presidency appears very topical to us,” Andrei Yevdochenko summarized.