President Victor Yushchenko’s advisor Oleh Rybachuk has taken part in an international conference on the development of Northern and Eastern Europe in the Swedish city of Visby, President’s press office reports.
Rybachuk said after the conference Ukraine’s democratic and transparent parliamentary elections on September 30 may become “another consistent step taken byhis countryon its path to EU integration.” He said the European community expressed support for Ukraine’s European aspirations.
Rybachuk said last year’s parliamentary vote had shown “Ukraine’s ability to act in accordance with European rules” while this year’s elections would show the “consistency and effectiveness of Ukraine’s political reforms and the progress that has been made in promoting European standards and the rule of law.” He said support for Ukraine’s European path was high in the country. The conference focused on the EU’s constitutional process and neighborhood policy, its relations with Russia and the United States and was attended by officials representing Sweden, Great Britain, Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Norway, Russia, the USA, and Finland.
