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Conflict in georgia could speed up ukraine's european integration
18 August 2008
The failure of the European Union's eastern
neighborhood policy, which is evident from the
conflict in Georgia, opens up new opportunities for
Ukraine's integration in the European Union, as this
policy failed to meet its primary goal, i.e.
ensure security near the EU borders, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Hryhory Nemyrya said at a news briefing in Kyiv on Friday.
The recent events in Georgia should prompt the EU "to significantly modify" its eastern policy, Nemyrya said.
These changes could help Ukraine make "a significant integration step toward the EU," he said.
ensure security near the EU borders, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Hryhory Nemyrya said at a news briefing in Kyiv on Friday.
The recent events in Georgia should prompt the EU "to significantly modify" its eastern policy, Nemyrya said.
These changes could help Ukraine make "a significant integration step toward the EU," he said.
Nemyrya also rejected criticism from the presidential
entourage regarding Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's
belated public response to the situation in Georgia.
"The framework of the discussion regarding the presence or absence of loud statements has been artificially reformatted. We do not and will not promote ourselves on someone's blood," he said.
The absence of Tymoshenko's public response was also intended to avoid "the escalation of rhetoric" surrounding the conflict, he said.
"The president logically assumed the role of reflecting the official position," Nemyrya said.
"The framework of the discussion regarding the presence or absence of loud statements has been artificially reformatted. We do not and will not promote ourselves on someone's blood," he said.
The absence of Tymoshenko's public response was also intended to avoid "the escalation of rhetoric" surrounding the conflict, he said.
"The president logically assumed the role of reflecting the official position," Nemyrya said.