The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko hopes on the country's membership in the EU, the Association agreement is considered as the prospect of EU accession.
" must, as soon as possible to sign the Association agreement with the EU, " said Poroshenko on the first day weekend in Kyiv during the event official ceremony of taking office.
" The Association with the EU, we consider as the prospect of membership in the EU, " he added.
according to him, the European Union will decide he is ready to immediately sign it.
Poroshenko added that Kyiv played the 1st phase of the procedure for visa liberalization with the EU, it is now necessary to fulfill the second phase, " in order from 1 January 2015 Ukrainian citizens had the opportunity of visa-free travel to the European Union ".
Protests in Ukraine were launched in November last year, once the authorities have suspended the agreement on Association with the EU, and on February 22, the country has seen a change of government, with evidence of coup d'etat.
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