President Viktor Yanukovych met with European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle, presidential press office informed.
At the meeting President Yanukovych said that although little time
has passed since their last meeting with Commissioner Füle, a lot has
already happened in Ukraine, such as formation of the parliamentary
coalition, appointment of effective Government, etc. So now, our country
finally has the opportunity to begin systematic reforms.
President Yanukovych stressed that despite the difficult situation,
current government managed to approach final stage of elaboration of the
budget.
Viktor Yanukovych has informed Stefan Füle about the
agreements signed yesterday in Kharkiv during his meeting with the
President of Russia.
"You probably know about the agreement we
reached with Dmitry Medvedev. It allows to reduce the budget deficit
and balance the budget of Naftogaz Ukraine, which, among other things
will allow Naftogaz to start repaying debts to its creditors," said
Viktor Yanukovych, adding that improvement of the situation adds
optimism.
"In this situation, our Committee for Economic
Reforms will be working more confidently and already this year we will
make the first steps toward economic reforms in Ukraine," said the
President.
He also expressed hope that soon sides will manage
to conclude negotiations on a number of issues in relations between
Ukraine and the EU.
"Of course, we hope that this year we will
agree on establishment of a free trade area with the EU, get a roadmap
for visa-free travel between Ukraine and the EU countries. And of course
we will work hard to make the Association Agreement with the EU
possible already this year,” said Viktor Yanukovych, adding that now our
country continues active work on harmonizing Ukrainian legislation with
the European.
From his part Stefan Füle noted that deployment
of other states’ military bases at the territory of Ukraine belongs to
its sovereign competence.
According to Commissioner Füle,
making the decision on prolonging deployment of Russian Black Sea Fleet
in Ukraine is the "right of Ukraine as a sovereign state."
Stefan Füle also said that the Commission plans to provide technical
assistance to Ukraine in carrying out reforms being developed by the
Committee for Economic Reform, established by the President.
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