Štefan Füle takes urgent flight to Kyiv to save Vilnius summit
Kyiv still needs to fulfill one last and most important condition - release Yulia Tymoshenko - to make signing of the Association Agreement happen.
However, the convicted former Prime Minister of Ukraine is still in prison. To save the situation and the whole program of the Eastern Partnership Summit which is to be held in Vilnius on November 28-29, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement of the European Union and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle arrived to Kyiv. Employee of the EU Delegation in Ukraine David Stulik has told Euroradio about it.
David Stulik : "He will hold talks with the key partners: the authorities - the government and the parliament , and representatives of the opposition. The talks will be on the possibility of signing the Association Agreement by Ukraine at the Vilnius summit. "
Ukraine announced signing of the Association Agreement with the EU as the main event of the Vilnius summit. However, for this to happen, the Ukrainian authorities have to find legal means to release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. It’s 9 days left before the summit , and the Supreme council has failed to pass a bill that would allow Tymoshenko to leave the country "for treatment." As David Stulik says, the laws "On Prosecutor's Office " and "On the elections" also remained unadopted.
Today, the Ukrainian parliament has the last opportunity for the adoption of these bills - the Supreme Council will hold a special meeting on the matter. The EU representation does not comment whether Štefan Füle will attend it . Still, they hope that the bills will be approved.
David Stulik : "There is certain information and certain signals that the Parliament will adopt these two laws - " On Prosecutor's Office "and "On the Elections". As for the third law ( the possibility of treating prisoners abroad – Euroradio), there are different opinions , and hopes that a solution will be found and such a law would be adopted. Still, how it will comply with the requirements of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs - is the question. All the 28 countries of the European Union will try to solve it, regardless of whether it will be enough or not ."
The EU mission in Ukrainian does not comment on either for how long Commissioner Füle will stay in Kyiv or whether he will meet with President Viktor Yanukovych.
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