EU-Ukraine Summit, Eu - Hoofdinhoud

The 11^th EU-Ukraine Summit will take place on 14 September in Kiev, two weeks before early elections in Ukraine (on 30 September) and at a moment where negotiations on a New Enhanced Agreement with Ukraine are well underway:

The EU will:

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  Against the background of the political crisis of the past months in Ukraine, encourage Ukraine to stabilise the political situation in the country and reform its constitutional system, in order to facilitate the political and economic reform process

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  Stress the importance of democratic elections in accordance with international standards

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  Reiterate importance of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan as a key tool for furthering reform;

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  Provide additional impetus to the strengthening of EU-Ukraine relations through concrete co-operation, (key areas include energy, visa facilitation and readmission, cooperation with the EU Border Assistance Mission);

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  Give strong political impetus to the negotiations on the new Enhanced Agreement and reiterate EU’s strong support for Ukraine’s WTO accession process while stressing the importance of resolving outstanding issues quickly

International and regional issues shall also be covered.

Press Conference with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Ukraine President Victor Yushchenko, High Representative Javier Solana

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  Available on EbS

Les sources :

European Commission website:

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/ukraine/intro/index.htm

Website of Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner:

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/ferrero-waldner/index_en.htm

EbS archives : Report I-052958 UE/Ukraine Summit: arrivals and round table (27/10/2006)

Christiane Hohmann +32 2 299 11 96; Christina Müschen +32 2 298 03 73

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