Lithuania's ambassador to EU warns of risk of not signing Association Agreement with Ukraine in Vilnius
Lithuania's Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis has warned of the risk that the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement will not be signed at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, but still hopes that Kyiv will be able to demonstrate substantial progress in fulfilling the necessary conditions and the document will be signed.
The Lithuanian ambassador said this in Brussels on Monday, speaking about Lithuania's presidency of the EU Council, which starts on July 1.
"In order to sign the association agreement including a deep and comprehensive free trade area, Ukraine has yet to make significant progress. There is still time. But if Ukraine does not hurry, the EU will not do this either. Unless there is progress, there will be the risk that this Agreement will not be signed," Karoblis said.
However, the ambassador believes that there is still chance to move forward and get the result, which will create the conditions for the signing of the agreement.
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