EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Affairs and Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini believes that the implementation of the provisions of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union should be the first step towards the country’s membership of the EU. “As for Ukraine’s membership in the EU, I think that the first step is to ensure the implementation of the Association Agreement and its provisions on the FTA, and use all its advantages”, Mogherini told Ukrainian students. She added that successful reform in Ukraine included decentralization, pension, education and health reform.
“We are working every day to implement this agreement and the first results have already been produced. For example, Ukraine’s exports to the EU grew by a third compared to the previous year”, Mogherini said. She also said that one of the most important events in bilateral relations was the functioning of the visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU.
