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Yanukovych: Ukraine still indends in future to sign agreement with EU, but need financial, economic aid
29.11.2013 15:55 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Friday that Kiev still intended to sign an association and trade agreement with the EU in the future, but he wanted the bloc to take ’decisive steps’ to draw up an economic aid package for Ukraine, Voice of Russia reports referring to ITAR-TASS.
He also reaffirmed the Ukrainian government’s intention to sign agreement on association with the EU over the short term.
Justifying his decision not to sign the agreement on Friday at an EU summit in Lithuania’s capital, he told EU leaders in a closed summit session: «Unfortunately, Ukraine in the last while has turned out to be alone in dealing with serious financial and economic problems.»
«So today we need from our European partners decisive steps to be taken towards Ukraine to work out, and realise, a programme of financial-economic aid,» he said, in comments reported on his web site.
Viktor Yanukovych has reaffirmed the Ukrainian government’s intention to sign agreement on association with the EU over the short term.
He said it Friday at a plenary session of the summit of the EU’s so-called ’Eastern Partnership’ format.
«Ukraine and the EU have entered the final phase of making up the association and I feel confident this agreement will open up a new page in the development of the Ukrainian state and will raise our relations with the EU and its member-states to a quality new level,» Yanukovych said.
«I reaffirm Ukraine’s intention to sign the agreement on association shortly,» he said.
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