Poland’s foreign minister has warned President Yanukovich not to pass up an opportunity to make vital political reforms in Ukraine ahead of signing an associate agreement with the European Union in November.
If Ukraine misses this opportunity then it “may take up to several years” before the ex-Soviet state gets another opportunity to move closer to the West, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has told the TVP public broadcaster.
Foreign ministers from the so-called Visegrad Group (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) are meeting in Krakow, Friday, to discuss Ukraine’s bid to sign the associate agreement with the EU.
The conference is also being attended by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Fuele.
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