Agreeing on shared values and initializing a long-term process for cooperation in the Mediterranean; Promoting democracy, good governance and human rights; Achieving mutually satisfactory trading terms for the region's partners, the "region" consisting of the countries that participated; Establishing a complementary policy to the United States' presence in the Mediterranean. The Barcelona Process comprises three "baskets", in EU jargon, or strands: economic – to work for shared prosperity in the Mediterranean Region, including the Association Agreements on the bilateral level political – promotion of political values, good governance and democracy cultural – cultural exchange and strengthening civil society The Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA) is based on the Barcelona Process and European Neighbourhood Policy. The Agadir Agreement of 2004 is seen as its first building block. At the time of its creation, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership comprised 27 member countries: 15 from the European Union and 12 Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey). As a result of the European Union's enlargements of 2004 and 2007 the number of EU member states grew up to 27, and two of the Mediterranean partner countries—Cyprus and Malta—became part of the European Union. The EU enlargement changed the configuration of the Barcelona Process from "15+12" to "27+10." Albania and Mauritania joined the Barcelona Process in 2007, raising the number of participants to 39. Euromediterranean Summit 2005 The 10th anniversary Euromediterranean summit was held in Barcelona on 27–28 November 2005. Full members of the Barcelona Process were: 27 Member States of the European Union. 10 countries from the southern Mediterranean shore: Algeria, Palestine, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey (already part of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the latter began EU accession talks on 3 October). Croatia, a candidate to join the EU, which began accession talks on 3 October. The European Parliament, the European Commission, and the Secretary General of the Council of the EU Moreover, the Barcelona Process included 6 countries and institutions participating as permanent observers (Libya, Mauritania, the Secretary-General of the Arab League) and invited observers, such as the European Investment Bank, the Arab Maghreb Union, the Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures, the Economical and Social Committee or the Euromed Economical and Social Councils. According to the ISN, "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were the only leaders from the Mediterranean countries to attend,