Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych assures that the country's leadership will make every effort to introduce a visa-free regime with the European Union (EU).
In his exclusive article "Twenty Years of Ukraine: Our Way is Just Beginning" published in the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine weekly on Saturday the head of state wrote that next year Ukraine would hold the finals of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship that "will give another chance to the EU citizens to see modern Ukraine, and Ukrainians to communicate with tourists and fans from the EU. Therefore Ukraine needs not only economic cooperation with the EU, but first of all a radical expansion of human communication."
"The society and every citizen rather than the power need it. The Ukrainian leadership will do everything possible to fulfill the national plan for the introduction of a visa-free regime," said Yanukovych.
The president expressed hope that "the European side will understand our capabilities and limitations and help the citizens of Ukraine exercise their right to freedom of movement."
