Members of the and the must also meet regularly, as well as members of the and the , and other officials and experts from both parties | The agreement also commits both parties to promote a gradual convergence in the area of foreign and security policy, specifically the EU's and policies set forth by the |
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According to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Ukraine will resume preparing the agreement "when the drop in industrial production and our relations with CIS countries are compensated by the European market, otherwise our will sustain serious damage" | The EU rejected trilateral talks and asked Yanukovich to commit to sign the Association Agreement, which he refused to do |
Pavlo Klimkin stated Ukraine would also benefit from the postponement: "This is a very important decision and we are very grateful to the EU for offering a privileged access to the European market.
1Ukraine then joined the both the and the united into the Soviet Union from 1922 until from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991 | Marson, James 20 August 2013 |
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The door to Europe remains open | According to , the President of Ukraine had advocated this decision |
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Ukraine will approximate its sanitary and phytosanitary and animal welfare legislation to that of the EU | It is also its main source of Foreign Direct Investment FDI |
Barroso reiterated that the EU's offer to Ukraine in terms of signing an Association Agreement remained on the table.
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