The foreign Ministry said when the lower house of the Dutch Parliament to ratify the Association
The foreign Ministry said when the lower house of the Dutch Parliament to ratify the Association
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Grounds for optimism gives support for the ratification of the faction of GroenLinks.
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine looks forward to completing the ratification of the Association Agreement with Ukraine in January.
This was announced by the Deputy foreign Minister for European integration Elena zerkal at a press conference in Kiev, reports Ukrainian Pravda.
“I am very optimistic about completing this procedure in January. At least with regard to the lower chamber (Dutch Parliament Ed.)”, she said.
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The mirror added that the basis for optimism support the ratification of the faction of GroenLinks. She also stressed that nothing in the Agreement has not been amended.
“We had a very difficult consultation with the Dutch. Difficult, because the interests were diametrically different. In my opinion, that was adopted by the leaders of member States, was the best of the situation,” – said zerkal.
We will remind, in the Netherlands threatened to refuse to ratify the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU and put its own terms: the EU had to say that this document does not imply additional obligations or security of a financial nature. The Netherlands also need to recognize that the agreement will provide the Ukrainians the right to freely live and work in the EU and not be the first step toward Ukraine’s membership in the EU.
After that, the EU leaders agreed with the requirements of the Netherlands concerning the Association Agreement with Ukraine.