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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he is convinced that reforms will enable Ukraine to apply for EU membership in five years.

“The coalition has been created. We have the political will to make changes. We have a clear plan of actions and a coalition agreement, too. We have a chance to fulfill it [the plan]. We are beginning to work so that we can be ready to apply for EU membership in five years,” Poroshenko said in the parliament.