President of
Ukraine Petro Poroshenko had a meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Mark Rutte in Davos.
The President
congratulated the Prime Minister on the assumption of the presidency in the
Council of the European Union by the Netherlands.
The Head of State believes
the DCFTA functioning, the decision by the Council of the European Union on the
introduction of the visa-free regime for Ukrainian citizens in 2016 and the
entry into full force by the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU
are the key issues of the Ukraine-EU agenda in the first half of 2016.
The parties
coordinated positions in the context of the future consultative referendum on
the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU that will be held in the
Netherlands on April 6, 2016.
The President
counts on further solidarity and unity of the EU in the issue of support for
Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The parties
emphasized the importance of maintaining sanctions against Russia for the
non-implementation of the Minsk agreements.
The
interlocutors also discussed a series of issues of bilateral cooperation,
particularly in economic and investment spheres, as well as in the area of
technical assistance. The Head of State confirmed the interest of the Ukrainian
side in the forthcoming visit of the Dutch business mission headed by the
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, as well as in the
holding of a large-scale Ukrainian-Dutch business forum in the Netherlands.
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