Brussels will continue the dialog with Kyiv on the preparations for the signing of the Association Agreement as soon as the Ukrainian authorities show clear commitment to do this.

Spokesman for EU Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Stefan Fule, Peter Stano, has said this in Brussels on Monday in a comment to Interfax-Ukraine on the latest statement by Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in Kyiv about the need to renew practical negotiations on the preparations for the signing of the agreement as soon as possible.

Stano said that there was a meeting on this issue with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov last month.

"Once the Ukrainian authorities show clear commitment to sign [the Association Agreement], the dialogue will continue," he said.

Stano also recalled a statement made by the heads of states and governments of the EU member states last December that the offer to sign the Association Agreement was still on the table.