Europe is planning to move forward with the initialing of the EU-Ukraine association agreement, but it again emphasizes that in terms of international standards, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was not dealt with properly, reads a statement posted on the Web site of the EU Delegation to Ukraine on Wednesday, March 7.
"We have been clear to the government of Ukraine that by international standards, Yulia Tymoshenko was not dealt with properly," EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said at a foreign ministerial meeting of Visegrad countries, Eastern Partnership countries and the EU, which was held in Prague on March 5.
In this regard, Ashton called upon Ukraine to "not only to understand that," but to "remedy that using established international justice."
Ashton noted that the EU and Ukraine had completed the work on the association agreement.
"We’re going to move forward with initialing that," she said.
Furthermore, Ashton outlined the EU’s priorities in a policy to develop and strengthen relations with its Eastern partner countries targeting such areas as economic reforms, democratic political changes and enhancing people-to-people and business-to-business contacts.
