EVOLUTION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN EC AND AFRICA (EXEMPLIFIED BY COTONOU AGREEMENT)

Smirnova Olga Anatolyevna, Candidate of political sciences, associate professor, sub-department of international political communication and country-specific studies, Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I.Lobachevsky, oasmirnova64@mail.ru
Zolina Darya Mikhaylovna, Post graduate student, Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I.Lobachevsky, myrlisia@yahoo.com

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The authors analyze important changes of the development of relations between the European Union and the states of Africa in the context of program for development, which were introduced after the signature of Agreement between the countries in Cotonou in 2000. They investigate weak and strong sides of this Agreement, its differences of the previous agreements and the consequences of its implementation for both sides.

collaboration, European Union, countries of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific regions, Lome Conventions, Cotonou Agreement, significant changes, economic relations.