Ukraine balances between East, West at Yalta forum

EurActiv reported political leaders gathered at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) forum im Ukraine, 13-16 September 2012 conveyed the message that Ukraine was at a turning point and had to make strategic choices between becoming anchored to the European Union or Russia’s economic and political sphere.

EurActiv reported later in September 2012 Ukraine’s envoy to the European Union Ambassador Kostiantyn Yelisieiev pleading for the EU to sign an Association Agreement to anchor his country to the West if the October 2012 parliamentary elections were shown to be free and fair.

• Primary Source

Website: Yalta European Strategy http://yes-ukraine.org/en/Yalta-annual-meeting

YES: 9th Yalta Annual Meeting, 2012 http://yes-ukraine.org/en/Yalta-annual-meeting/9-ta-yaltinska-shchorichna-zustrich

ESO: Background information: EU-Ukraine relations worsen amid Euro 2012 fanfare http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-ukraine-relations-worsen-amid-euro-2012-fanfare/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/12/603 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/603&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EurActiv, 21.9.12: Ukraine calls on EU to anchor it to the West http://www.euractiv.com/europes-east/ukraine-calls-eu-anchor-west-news-514930

EU: EEAS: Countries: The EU's relations with Ukraine http://eeas.europa.eu/ukraine/index_en.htm

EurActiv, 25.9.12: De Gucht: Ukraine doesn’t make its EU case easier http://www.euractiv.com/europes-east/de-gucht-ukraine-eu-case-easier-news-515000

European Commission: DG Trade: Bilateral relations: Ukraine http://ec.europa.eu/trade/creating-opportunities/bilateral-relations/countries/ukraine/

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