| President of the European Council, , said at the signing ceremony: "In Kyiv and elsewhere, people gave their lives for this closer link to the European Union | Also during the summit, President Yanukovych stated that Ukraine still wanted to sign the Association Agreement but that it needed substantial financial aid to compensate it for the threatened response from Russia, and he proposed starting three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the EU |
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| The wants Ukraine to join the | The paper also mentions cooperation with Belarus and Kazakhstan in this regard |
The agreement comes after more than two decades in which both parties sought to establish closer ties with each other.
6| Ukraine will also ensure that its relevant national bodies participate fully in the European and international organisations for standardisation, legal and fundamental metrology, and conformity assessment including accreditation in accordance with its area of activity and the membership status available to it | In addition, Ukraine will progressively fulfill the other conditions for membership, in line with the requirements applicable to full members of the European Standardisation Organisations |
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| Following the referendum, Prime Minister of the Netherlands said that ratification would be put on hold during negotiations with the other parties to the treaty to find a compromise | 16 January — 20 February 2015• Blank; Invalid votes are not taken into account when calculating percentages• In March 2013, , the EU's Commissioner for Enlargement, informed that while Ukrainian authorities had given their "unequivocal commitment" to address the issues raised by the EU, several "disturbing" recent incidents, including the annulment of Tymoshenko's lawyer 's mandate in the Ukraine's parliament , could delay the signing of the agreements |
The Dialogue will seek to enhance a party's knowledge and understanding of the other party's trade remedy laws, policies and practices; improve cooperation between the parties' authorities having responsibility for trade remedies matters; discuss international developments in the area of trade defence; and to cooperate on any other trade remedies matter.
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