Kyiv, brussels agree to prolong ukraine-eu action plan through 2008, tymoshenko says
11 March 2008
Published in Interfax
Kyiv and Brussels have agreed to prolong for one more year the Ukraine-EU Action Plan, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a joint press conference with the leadership of the European Union in Brussels on Tuesday.
"We have agreed to prolong the effect of the program for one year, while a new political instrument will be created for relations between Ukraine and the European Union," Tymoshenko said.
Tymoshenko further said Kyiv and Brussels also agreed that Ukraine would commit to realize additional 23 provisions in bilateral relations.
Kyiv and Brussels have agreed to prolong for one more year the Ukraine-EU Action Plan, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a joint press conference with the leadership of the European Union in Brussels on Tuesday.
"We have agreed to prolong the effect of the program for one year, while a new political instrument will be created for relations between Ukraine and the European Union," Tymoshenko said.
Tymoshenko further said Kyiv and Brussels also agreed that Ukraine would commit to realize additional 23 provisions in bilateral relations.
She noted that these provisions include the start
of a Ukraine-EU dialogue on introducing a non-visa
regime, creating a common aviation area, and
drawing up and implementing a transport strategy
that will help develop transport corridors.
Tymoshenko said the additional provisions also include Ukraine's realizing thematic programs that, in her opinion, had earlier been available for EU states and candidate countries. In particular, she named the Fiscalis program on cooperation between the customs bodies of EU countries, as well as a program on EU states responding to emergency situations.
The Ukrainian prime minister said that the parties had also agreed a joint report on implementing a finalized three-year Ukraine-EU Action Plan. The meeting's participants praised the resolution of a number of problems in the process of realizing this plan, Tymoshenko said.
Tymoshenko said the additional provisions also include Ukraine's realizing thematic programs that, in her opinion, had earlier been available for EU states and candidate countries. In particular, she named the Fiscalis program on cooperation between the customs bodies of EU countries, as well as a program on EU states responding to emergency situations.
The Ukrainian prime minister said that the parties had also agreed a joint report on implementing a finalized three-year Ukraine-EU Action Plan. The meeting's participants praised the resolution of a number of problems in the process of realizing this plan, Tymoshenko said.