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On the ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement; joint statement by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
EU News 383/2014
European Council
The President
STATEMENT
EUCO 182/14
PRESSE 470
PR PCE 158
Brussels, 16 September 2014
We welcome the simultaneous ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in the Verkhovna Rada and in the European Parliament today as an important step in Ukraine's political association and economic integration with the European Union. The Association Agreement will provide a blueprint for Ukraine's transformation into a modern and prosperous European democracy.
Source and additional information:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/144889.pdf