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Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership countries have European Union membership prospects and may apply to join the union, the European Parliament has said.

“[The EP] reiterates that the AAs [Association Agreements] with
Ukraine and the other EaP countries do not constitute the final goal in
their relations with the EU; points out in this connection that,
pursuant to Article 49 of the TEU [Treaty on European Union], Georgia,
Moldova and Ukraine – like any other European state – have [EU
membership] prospects and may apply to become members of the union,
provided that they adhere to the principles of democracy, respect
fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensure the rule
of law,” reads a resolution adopted by the European Parliament at a
plenary meeting in Strasbourg on Thursday.

In addition, the European Parliament noted that Russian concerns as
regards the EU association process of Ukraine and the other Eastern
neighbors “must be adequately addressed and explained, so as to ease
fears of new geopolitical dividing lines on the European continent.”

“Each country has every right to make its own political choices, but
that the EU’s engagement with the Eastern partners aims to spread
prosperity and increase political stability, from which the Russian
Federation will also ultimately gain,” the EP said.