MEPs urge Ukraine leaders to swiftly form government and launch reforms. West’s speculations about victory of pro-West forces in Ukraine are dangerous

Ukraine should swiftly form a new government and launch reforms, MEPs told the country's leaders following the parliamentary elections on Sunday won by pro-European parties. 

The European Parliament was present with an observation mission to ensure the elections were run fairly and transparently. In a meeting with Ukraine's president and prime minister the following day, the MEPs vouched to do everything in the EP's power to help implement the recently ratified association agreement. 


On Monday the delegation led by Andrej Plenkovic (EPP, Croatia) met with president Petro Poroschenko and prime minister Arseniy Yatsenuk, whose parties gained the biggest support with each obtaining about 22% of the vote. 

• "Despite the extremely difficult situation in the country, the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia and the aggression Ukraine is suffering, the government and the electoral authorities succeeded in organising these elections very well," Plenkovic said. 

The election observation mission boasted 14 MEPs from nine different EU countries, representing all of the Parliament's political groups. On elections day they observed the opening of polling, voting and the count in Kiev, Odessa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20141027STO76348/
28/10/14
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• West’s speculations about victory of pro-West forces in Ukraine are dangerous

Russia is worried over speculations in Western European media and political circles that supporters of a pro-Western course got the upper hand over those who are inclined towards friendly relations with Russia in the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister and State Secretary Grigory Karasin said on Tuesday.

• “These are very dangerous speculations, which once again put Ukraine before a choice: whether it should be with the West or with Russia,” he said. “We have seen this and know what it ended in.”

“The elections are over, a coalition is being formed. Now, it is vital for the Ukrainian authorities to stop playing with geopolitical considerations and begin working on absolutely real and very complicated crisis-related tasks of the current situation in Ukraine,” he noted.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/756988
28/10/14
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