“Our objectives are to accede to the European Union, to join the NATO, to promote the welfare of all Ukrainian citizens, to become a healthy and educated nation”, announced in his address on Sunday, April 3, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The Head of Government emphasized that the place of Ukraine is with the European Union: “We signed an Agreement on political Association and Free Trade Area with the European Union. We commenced the implementation of it – and it is crucial to further implement it”.

“A visa-free regime for the citizens of Ukraine will be granted: for this purpose, the Government has spared no effort to ensure that the European Union could announce their final decision”, he said.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk stressed there was no doubt that Ukraine should become a member of the North Atlantic Alliance: “For this purpose, we have launched retrofitting of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, so that to align all our standards with the criteria of member countries of the Alliance. We are at the stage of completion of the process of upgrading the National Police and the National Guard”.