Ukraine
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The EU is seeking an increasingly close relationship with Ukraine, going beyond co-operation, to gradual economic integration and a deepening of political co-operation.
Ukraine is a priority partner country within the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). A joint EU-Ukraine Action Plan was endorsed by the EU-Ukraine Cooperation Council on 21 February 2005. It is based on the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (PCA) and provides a comprehensive and ambitious framework for joint work with Ukraine, in all key areas of reform.
Negotiations on a new enhanced agreement with Ukraine, which is to be the successor agreement to the PCA, started in Brussels on 5 March 2007. Several negotiating Rounds have since been organised, alternately in Brussels and Kiev (see '2nd Joint Progress Report on Negotiations on the New Enhanced Agreement' under Key Documents). Ukraine became a member of the World Trade Organisation in May 2008. With this in mind, negotiations on the establishment of a deep and comprehensive Free Trade Area, as an integral part of the Association Agreement, were launched already in February 2008.
See also:
Mid Term Review of the ENPI Programming Documents - Ukraine.
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