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A summit between top Ukrainian and European Union officials to take place over the next two days in Kiev is likely to end without a final joint communiqué because of Dutch objections over wording that the EU “acknowledges Ukraine’s European aspirations.”

European Council President Donald Tusk, Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini were due in Kyiv on Wednesday evening for a private working dinner with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ahead of formal meetings on Thursday.

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