Press Release: EU-Ukraine: Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner to attend Troika meeting in Ljubljana

European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, will participate in the EU-Ukraine Foreign Ministers' Troika meeting in Ljubljana on 22 May, 2008. Together with Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, who currently holds the EU Presidency, she will meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko to take stock of EU-Ukraine relations. The meeting will focus, in particular, on the internal situation in Ukraine and on co-operation in the area of foreign and security policy. It will also take note of the considerable progress made in the on-going negotiations on a New Enhanced Agreement with Ukraine. The Commissioner will take the opportunity to underline the European Union’s continuing support to Ukraine and stress the importance of internal political stability in Ukraine with a view to continuing crucial political and economic reforms in the country.