Ukrainian President Thanks Europe For Supporting National Reforms

Ukrainian President Thanks Europe for Supporting National Reforms

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko thanked Europe on Saturday for supporting reforms in Ukraine

MUNICH (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th February, 2019) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko thanked Europe on Saturday for supporting reforms in Ukraine.

"I want to thank our European partners for the five years of support, which is enormously important, and for the five years of the policy of the [Russia] sanctions ... And I am proud that Ukraine now is a story of success - maybe the only in the current situation because we provide reform during the war," Poroshenko said at the Munich Security Conference.

Kiev is aspiring to enhance ties with the European Union and NATO. In 2014, Ukraine dropped its non-aligned status, opening the door for potential NATO membership, and also signed the Association Agreement with the European Union. The agreement envisaged the establishment of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between Kiev and the bloc.

NATO and EU officials have repeatedly stressed that Ukraine needed to implement a wide range of reforms before it could pursue membership in either bloc.