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Mr President, Mr Nicolaï, Commissioner, the first-round election campaign in Ukraine is drawing to a close. Several international organisations have voiced a great many reservations about the way the campaign was conducted, a fact noted in key comments by previous speakers. It cannot be said that the situation in Ukraine is similar to that in Belarus. That would be a step too far. There is, however, something both countries have in common, namely Russia’s strategic interest. In the course of the electoral campaign in Ukraine, this interest was very apparent at the Sochi summit on 26 July of this year and during President Putin’s later visit.
We know Russia is interested in maintaining a particular political configuration in Ukraine. The candidate who represents this configuration is the current President, Mr Yanukovich. He enjoys far superior access to the media and more opportunities to communicate with his voters. It is important for us to hold talks on issues relating to Ukraine with Russia, a key partner in such matters, and these talks should be placed on the agenda both of meetings held in the framework of the PCA and those held during the EU-Russia summit. In addition, I should like to make a few comments on Mr Verheugen’s statement. It is true that Ukraine does not yet fully meet the criteria of a democratic state, but we know that membership of the EU is the best incentive for it to fulfil these criteria."@en1
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