President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has said that he is happy with the progress of relations between the European Union and Ukraine.

"I'm happy to be here to witness the joint success of Ukraine and the EU," he said at a joint press conference in Kyiv on Thursday, July 13.

"More steps have been taken in the last three years than in the previous twenty; Ukraine should be proud of what it has achieved," a European Commission official statement quoted Juncker as saying.

"We've done everything for Ukrainians to travel freely around Europe," he said at the press conference.

He called on Ukrainians to visit the European Union and "fall in love with Europe."