Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will make a visit to Brussels in October.
The meeting was scheduled during the president’s meeting with President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in Warsaw on Friday, the president’s press service has reported.
The meeting took place at the office of the Polish premier, where on Friday a plenary session of the Eastern Partnership summit took place.
During a meeting with Yanukovych, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy expressed a positive evaluation of Ukraine’s striving for European integration. He said that the EU is awaiting a Ukraine-EU summit scheduled for December.
According to the president of the European Council, work on bilateral documents should be finished by that time, so that Ukraine and the EU could take their relations to a new level. He also stressed the importance of further reform in Ukraine.
In turn, Barroso said that he supports Ukraine’s course towards European integration.
He said Ukraine has an opportunity to become the first country of the Eastern Partnership project to sign an association agreement.
Yanukovych said, "I highly appreciate this open, constructive dialogue between us and I am ready to continue it."
