EU reaffirms readiness to fully support Ukraine

On 17 November, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin met with EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn in the framework of his visit to Brussels.

The parties discussed in detail the worsening situation in Ukraine in connection with the flow of Russian significant military personnel on the territory of our country, the concentration of troops at the border, further cases of shelling Ukrainian positions of the Armed Forces so that along with holding the so-called "elections on November 2" is a flagrant violation of the Minsk agreements. P. Klimkin has stressed that such actions require decisive and proactive steps by the EU in order to support the peace process in Ukraine.

The Commissioner has emphasized that the Ukrainian issue is among the priorities of the European Union, which continues fully supporting Ukraine in particular in the context of the implementation of the Association Agreement, countering Russian aggression, restoring the territorial integrity of the state.