The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union is ready to be signed, but there is no guarantee that it will happen this year, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Ukraine Pieter Jan Wolthers has said.
"Returning to the Association Agreement, I want to stress that it is ready and awaiting signature. Perhaps it will be signed in November. But there is no guarantee of this, because the EU has certain conditions, which should be fulfilled by the Ukrainian side. Specifically, one of them concerns the practice of selective justice," the ambassador said in an interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. Ukraine Newspaper published on February 9.
According to the diplomat, at present it is difficult to predict whether the agreement will be signed in November: "At present, it is extremely difficult to answer this question. I do not know whether the agreement will be signed. The European Union does not know that either, because now it all depends on the actions of Ukraine."
At the same time, this week's visits to Ukraine by European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule, former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and former president of the European Parliament Pat Cox give Ukraine an opportunity to show what has been done for the signing of the Association Agreement, Wolthers said.
"I very much hope that Ukraine will take this chance. As a representative of the country, one of the founders of the EU, I would very much like to see Ukraine join the European community, as I am sure this is the way it should go," the ambassador said.
