1 Dec 2011 18:41

Kyiv hopes association agreement with EU will be initialed at Dec summit

KYIV. Dec 1 (Interfax) - Ukraine welcomes the adoption of the European Parliament's recommendations to the EU Council, European Commission and the European Union's External Action Service on the association agreement between Ukraine and the EU.

"We thank the European Parliament for supporting Ukraine's European integration bid and for its recognition of Ukraine as a state that is in line with Article 49 of the Treaty on the European Union and can apply for EU membership. We hope this inspiring signal will be heard by other EU institutions and by the European Union's member-states," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.