Klimkin believes that after achieving visa liberalization with the EU, Ukraine becomes deprived of incentives within Eastern Partnership. "Ukraine, as well as Moldova and Georgia, deserves a new format for negotiations, the so-called enhanced association," he said.
The Minister also stressed that the dialogue with the EU regarding the new format was already underway.
Read alsoPoroshenko on EU visa lib: Ukraine completes divorce process with Russia"I discussed with the foreign ministers and this has a general support," Klimkin said. He also expects progress on this issue from the Eastern Partnership summit, which is to be held in Estonia.
The minister did not specify what would the status be of the "enhanced association," whether it would be about the expansion of the Eastern Partnership, and whether the new format foresees drafting a new agreement between Ukraine and the EU.
Read alsoDutch Senate receives latest documents necessary to consider EU-Ukraine AssociationAs UNIAN reported earlier, on February 23, the Parliament of the Netherlands (the Second Chamber) upheld a government-proposed bill providing for a ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement. The document must be ratified by the First Chamber (Senate).
