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Lithuanian ambassador: EU concerned over Ukraine's rapprochement with Customs Union without consultation with Brussels
11.07.2013 18:32 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ukraine has a real chance to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union in November, but Brussels is concerned by the country’s rapprochement with the Moscow-led Customs Union without consultations with European partners, Lithuania’s Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekunas has said, NRCU reports.
«The chance is very real. A final effort is all that remains, and I think in November Ukraine will receive the association agreement. We are speaking primarily about the reform of the electoral law, the reform of the judiciary and the justice system, in particular prosecution,» the diplomat said in an interview with the Segodnya (Today) newspaper. At the same time, he said that the EU was disconcerted by the fact that Ukraine was taking such serious steps, in particular that it signed a memorandum on deepening cooperation between Ukraine and the Eurasian Economic Commission without consultations with the EU. «The Minsk declaration came as a surprise to us,» the ambassador said.
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