Ukraine president Viktor Yushchenko said in Brussels on Thursday (8 March) it is more important to focus on economic integration than EU enlargement in a change of tone from previous statements, with Brussels and Kiev also keen to work together on political change in an increasingly unstable Belarus. "In my opinion there is no use now in overloading the topic of our bilateral relations," Mr Yushchenko said, after meeting EU top diplomat Javier Solana a few hours before the start of the EU summit. "I am trying to make our relations constructive and not even to publicly discuss what will be the name of that agreement," he added, referring to talks on a new EU-Ukraine bilateral treaty. [...]
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on Thursday (8 March) it is more important to focus on economic
integration than EU enlargement in a change of tone from previous
statements, with Brussels and Kiev also keen to work together on
political change in an increasingly unstable Belarus.
"In my opinion there is no use now in overloading the topic of our
bilateral relations," Mr Yushchenko said, after meeting EU top diplomat
Javier Solana a few hours before the start of the EU summit. "I am
trying to make our relations constructive and not even to publicly
discuss what will be the name of that agreement," he added, referring
to talks on a new EU-Ukraine bilateral treaty. [...]
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