Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba welcomes the statement of the Visegrad Group foreign ministers on the future of the Eastern Partnership initiative is a valuable contribution to the discussion on its future prospects and ways to ensure strategic success between the EU Eastern Member States partners and European institutions.
“I fully shared the ways of approaching to the Eastern Partnership expressed by Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary when preparing the summit scheduled for June this year,” Kuleba said.
According to him, Ukraine fully shared the approach according to which the Eastern Partnership should meet the expectations of all its participants, be based on common values, more active use of appropriate incentives, “more for more” principle, differentiation, as well as to support the European aspirations and the European choice of the associated partners.
“Ukraine, together with Georgia and Moldova, is ready to facilitate opening a new ambitious chapter of the Eastern Partnership. We support the deepening of the process of political association and economic integration into the EU through the full and complete fulfilment of the potential of deep and comprehensive free trade areas (DCFTAs), in particular in the EU + Associated Partners format, access to the EU Single Market and enhanced sectoral integration,” the minister noted.
Kuleba also praised the support of the Visegrad Group for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, including the implementation of a policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation.
“We share the need to direct the efforts of the Eastern Partnership to provide comprehensive assistance to partners in developing a sustainable society, in particular by supporting participating States in countering cyber threats and misinformation. Ukraine thanked the Visegrad Group for the decision to introduce a special V4EastSolidarity program of assistance to the Eastern Partnership member states in combating the consequences of coronavirus pandemic within the framework of activity of the International Visegrád Fund. It is very important to adapt the program to the specific needs of partners, which is aimed to protect health, strengthen the social and economic sustainability of vulnerable segments of the population by implementing practical measures,” Kuleba summed up.
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