Former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski believes that there is a chance that Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko may be released by the autumn, and talks on this matter are underway, but the European Parliament has pledged not to make any official comments on their progress.

"There are some plans, certain proposals have been made. Now we are waiting for a response, and we'll see. The European Union has put forward three conditions that must be fulfilled so that the Association Agreement with Ukraine can be signed in November of this year at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius. These are the reform of the legal system, that of the electoral law and the case of Yulia Tymoshenko. It seems that there is a chance that by the end of September results will be achieved in those three issues, which will allow the EU to state that there are conditions for the signing of the Association Agreement," the Ukrainian service of the Polish Radio quoted Kwasniewski as saying.

Kwasniewski noted that he and ex-president of the European Parliament Pat Cox had been striving for the release of Ukrainian politicians for almost a year within the framework of the European Parliament's monitoring mission. The next round of the talks will be held on June 13-15.

The former Polish president also said that the plan for Tymoshenko's release and the memorandum signed by Ukraine and the Customs Union are two different matters. Speaking about Kyiv's status of observer in the Eurasian Union, the former Polish president said he saw no reason to interfere with that.

"It is quite natural that Ukraine, even if it is in association with the European Union, should be building the best possible relations with Russia, as there is an issue of economic dependency - gas, oil, the market for Ukrainian goods. We were promised by the Ukrainian authorities that all the matters that are discussed with the Customs Union will be transparently presented to the relevant institutions of the European Union," the politician said.