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EP PRESIDENT DISAPPOINTED BY UKRAINE'S, ARMENIA'S REFUSAL TO SIGN ASSOCIATION AGREEMENTS WITH EU
Kyiv Post, Ukraine
Nov 27 2013
Brussels - President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz has
expressed his deep disappointment by the fact that Ukraine and
Armenia have given up their plans to sign Association Agreements at
the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius.
"I congratulate Moldova and Georgia on the planned initialing of
the Association Agreements with the EU. I am deeply disappointed,
however, that Ukraine and Armenia have abandoned plans to sign the
Association Agreements at the summit. It is especially regrettable
that the countries' decisions to reconsider their choices have been
made under external pressure. We should say clearly and loudly that the
economic and political pressure exerted by Russia against our eastern
partners is simply unacceptable," Schulz said in a statement ahead
of the Eastern Partnership Summit due in Vilnius on November 28-29.
The EP president will also participate in the event.
He said that "the door of association with the EU remains open."
"We will never abandon the European hopes and aspirations of the
peoples of the region," he said.
"The Eastern Partnership is a valuable project that brings closer
the European Union and its eastern neighbors for the benefit of their
citizens by fostering stronger economic, political and cultural ties,"
Schulz said.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/ep-president-deeply-disappointed-by-ukraines-armenias-refusal-to-sign-association-agreements-with-eu-332538.html
Kyiv Post, Ukraine
Nov 27 2013
Brussels - President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz has
expressed his deep disappointment by the fact that Ukraine and
Armenia have given up their plans to sign Association Agreements at
the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius.
"I congratulate Moldova and Georgia on the planned initialing of
the Association Agreements with the EU. I am deeply disappointed,
however, that Ukraine and Armenia have abandoned plans to sign the
Association Agreements at the summit. It is especially regrettable
that the countries' decisions to reconsider their choices have been
made under external pressure. We should say clearly and loudly that the
economic and political pressure exerted by Russia against our eastern
partners is simply unacceptable," Schulz said in a statement ahead
of the Eastern Partnership Summit due in Vilnius on November 28-29.
The EP president will also participate in the event.
He said that "the door of association with the EU remains open."
"We will never abandon the European hopes and aspirations of the
peoples of the region," he said.
"The Eastern Partnership is a valuable project that brings closer
the European Union and its eastern neighbors for the benefit of their
citizens by fostering stronger economic, political and cultural ties,"
Schulz said.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/ep-president-deeply-disappointed-by-ukraines-armenias-refusal-to-sign-association-agreements-with-eu-332538.html