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JOINT EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PRESIDENT NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT – TOMBINSKI

13 May , 2015  

KYIV. May 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The implementation of the Association Agreement with the European Union requires the joint efforts of the Ukrainian government, parliament and president, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski has said.

At an international conference entitled “Ukraine-EU: A Year after the Signing of the Association Agreement,” which was held in Kyiv, he said the government, parliament, president, and everybody interested in this process must become united.

Tombinski said that the successful implementation of the agreement depends on three elements, the first of which is that all state officials believing that the integration process is necessary not just for the European Union, but for Ukraine itself.

He said the second element is constant dialogue with society as the reforms being carried out in Ukraine require dialogue that will help ease social problems caused by the reforms.

He went on to say that the third element is the support of Ukraine-EU integration by all EU 28 member states.