EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton has said that the Ukrainian parliament should cancel the January 16 laws at an emergency session on January 28.
“What is urgently needed is a genuine dialogue to build a new
consensus on the way forward. I hope that the Ukrainian parliament will
set a clear path during tomorrow’s session towards a political solution.
This must include revoking the package of laws passed on January 16,”
Ashton said in a statement issued in Brussels on Monday.
She said that she was “deeply concerned by the situation in Ukraine.”
“The violence needs to stop and both sides need to reduce the tensions,” Ashton said.
In addition, she said that she and the EU would “remain fully engaged in seeking a way out of the crisis.”
“Following today’s [Monday] visit by my colleague Stefan Fule [EU
Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan
Fule] I will travel to Kyiv tomorrow evening,” she said.
