Ukraine, EU leaders plan to sign Association pact in November

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych told reporters in Davos on Jan. 24 that he plans to sign the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius in November. Meanwhile, the next Ukraine-EU summit will be held on Feb. 25 in Brussels, he said after meeting with Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament. Meanwhile, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule said he will visit Kyiv on Feb. 7-8 to negotiate the key conditions to enable the Association Agreement’s signing, including the release from prison of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Internal Affairs Minister Yuriy Lutsenko.