PACE worried that Ukraine turning away from Europe
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Mailis Reps and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin, have expressed their deep regret at the decision of the Ukrainian authorities not to sign the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine, and the rejection by the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, of a bill that would have allowed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad.
"We're deeply worried that Ukraine is turning away from Europe," the two co-rapporteurs said in a statement posted on the Web site of PACE on Friday.
"In addition, the rejection of the bill to allow Yulia Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad seems to indicate a clear lack of political will either to resolve this issue in line with international recommendations or to address the deficiencies in the legal process that have given rise to questions of politically-motivated justice. This will seriously damage the county's further European integration as well as its standing in the monitoring procedure of the assembly," reads the statement
