17:29 24.11.2017

Ukraine hoping for cooperation with EU in four areas – Poroshenko

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Ukraine hoping for cooperation with EU in four areas – Poroshenko

 Ukraine is hoping for cooperation with the European Union (EU) in four areas, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.

"The EU must defend itself from those who challenge it, and not from those who view the bloc with hope and respect. Each country of the Eastern Partnership views cooperation with the EU individually. Ukraine, first and foremost, wants to develop ties in the following four areas: a common digital market, customs union and Schengen Area association," Poroshenko said, speaking at the fifth Eastern Partnership Summit on Friday in Brussels.

Joint values and reasonable differentiation should be the basis for the Ukraine-EU partnership, he said.

"Let us build our partnership on the basis of reasonable differentiation, but not rigid individualism, on the basis of joint values, not nearsighted technocratic [rules], on the basis of brave ambitions, and not awkward excuses," Poroshenko said.

He called on the EU not to view the Eastern Partnership as a means to minimize ambitions of the region's countries toward EU accession.

"As long as the EU remains the emblem of success, countries will want to joint," the Ukrainian president said.

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