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FM plans to sign association agreement with EU this year
27.08.2012 09:35 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is planning to sign an association agreement with the EU by the end of this year, says NRCU referring to the director of the ministrys information policy department Oleh Voloshyn.
«We very much hope that after the parliamentary elections are held in accordance with the highest standards, we will be able to move to the signing of the association agreement with the EU by the end of the year,» he said at a conference, entitled «The parliamentary elections in Ukraine and the prospects for European integration,» in Kyiv on Thursday. He added that the upcoming elections would influence the future fate of this document. «The way the elections are held is the main criterion according to which the European Parliament and the EU will assess the presence or absence of democracy in Ukraine and the presence or absence of conditions for the signing of the association agreement,» Voloshyn said.
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