The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with the foreign Minister of Italy Paolo Gentiloni, during which the public was asked to expedite the process of ratification of the Treaty on unification of Ukraine with the European Union. "taking into account the high level of our bilateral relations, we expect a positive decision from the Italian Parliament ", - said Poroshenko, whose words are on the Internet office of the Ukrainian leader. "The interlocutors discussed the process of ratification by the parliaments of the EU countries and the implementation by Ukraine of the agreement about unification with the European Union. The President tried to persuade Italy to speed up the ratification process of the Treaty 2 houses of Parliament. 17 countries have ratified this document. May 7, the ratification will be discussed in the French Senate ", - is informed in the report of the press service." Italian foreign Minister said about support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and also about support of its motion in the direction of liberalization of the visa regime with the EU ", - said the press service. It is also stated that Gentiloni expressed support for Ukraine on its path of reform and " highly assessed the leadership achievements of Petro Poroshenko ". Remember, April 27, the Head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said that the issue of Ukraine's accession to the EU is not on the agenda. First Poroshenko said that Kiev wants for 5 years to provide the implementation of the agreement with the European Union about the unity and achieve the conditions for applying for EU membership. Poroshenko tried to convince the EU to recognize the right of Ukraine "as any European country" for membership in the European Union subject to the compliance criteria. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament on 16 September 2014 ratified the Association agreement between Kyiv and Brussels, however, the use of a free trade agreement has been postponed until 1 January 2016. Fifteen April, the European Commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn said that the EU is unwilling to reconsider the Already ratified the agreement with Ukraine on free trade.