EU-Ukraine summit to be held tentatively in September - Kyiv

13:46, 27.04.2016 1 min read

The EU-Ukraine summit scheduled to be held on May 19, 2016 has been postponed until September on the agreement reached by the parties, the precise date will be specified at a high-level meeting in Brussels, which is expected to take place in Brussels in late June, the Ukrainian presidential administration said.

"In accordance with a joint agreement reached by the president of Ukraine, the Council of Europe and the European Commission, a decision was made to reschedule the summit from May 19 to September," Kostiantyn Yeliseyev, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, said.

"The new date of the summit will be approved at the planned high-level meeting in Brussels between the president of Ukraine and the EU leaders before the June Council of Europe [meeting], which will take place on June 28-29," he said.