Negotiations on the agreement on associated membership of Ukraine in the EU, free trade area and visa regime between Ukraine and the European Union are in a dynamic and results may appear during the EU-Ukraine summit in November 2010, acording to the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy.
"Thank you very
much, Mr. Prime Minister for naming the three main goals that we can
achieve in
the coming months. These are the
Association Agreement - I think that
negotiations are
sufficiently dynamic, a little more complicated are the negotiations on
the
trade issues, but I hope that all outstanding issues will be settled. Regarding the dialogue
on
visa-free regime for Ukraine - we now go beyond the final stage. I hope that at the time
of the
EU-Ukraine summit in November, we will have the first results," he
said during meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola
Azarov, Cabinet's press office reported.
Mykola Azarov noted that in
Brussels another round of expert-level talks is
completed
between Ukraine and EU to establish a free trade area. "We are
concerned that it was really a free trade agreement foe Ukraine has not
to face
various restrictions, quotas, as now. For example, in
negotiations on
agricultural products," the Head of the Government said, stressing that
during
the 14th Council meeting on Ukraine-EU Cooperation, held in
Luxembourg, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood
Policy, Stefan Füle and Vice President of the European
Commission on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton bear
with
Ukraine's position on this issue.
The
Prime Minister urged the EU to take active part in the modernization of
the Ukrainian gas transport system: "For us
it is extremely
important for EU participation in the modernization of our transport
system. Recently, our Minister of
Fuel
and Energy met with EU Energy Commissioner - our offers are on your
desktop. We look forward for your
reply."
The President of the European Council highly valued the reforms undertaken by the government in the economy and social life. "I welcome all the reforms initiated by the President of Ukraine, which are now being implemented by your Government," he said, adding that the continuation of the stand-by program between Ukraine and the IMF is a positive signal, which enables the EU to give Ukraine the possibility for macro-financial assistance amounting to 600 million Euro.
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