"It is my third visit here
in as many weeks. This one is very much connected to the Foreign
Affairs Council and has an overarching goal to stress the EU´s concerns
and continued willingness to help. My main message is that only one plan
can work here: a Ukrainian plan agreed by Ukrainians and implemented
swiftly.
I had talks with the
President, leaders of the opposition, civil society, and activists from
Euromaidan. All of them are important actors in this process. I conveyed
to them that deep engagement of all is needed to find negotiated
solution based on consensus. In all my meetings I stressed how important
is confidence and trust as the main precondition for political process.
I made the point that confidence and trust of the population cannot be
achieved on Maidan and main squares in big cities, while throughout the
country the arrests, intimidations and harassment of protesters and
activists continue from people in uniforms and in civilian or sporting
clothes. An important part of my programme was to visit two hospitals to
see injured protesters and policemen. My message there was that
violence is not acceptable. Politicians must think about the impact of
their actions or non-actions. I also used that opportunity to appreciate
the work of doctors in these difficult circumstances.
From all my conversations I gathered that there is the need:
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to take urgent steps on constitutional reform, and formation of the new inclusive government, ensuring free and fair elections
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nominate the remaining member of the Investigation Advisory Panel, as initiated by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and make the Panel work as soon as possible. The work of this Panel is important - it would ensure that the investigations by the Ukrainian authorities proceed in a way which is compatible with Ukraine's international commitments.
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more security, no impunity: respect and protection for rights and freedoms, end of intimidations, harassment, quick and transparent investigations of acts of violence.
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It is strange and unacceptable that injured are brought to hospitals by police and not by ambulances.
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I had the opportunity to appreciate the work of the independent media. Freedom of press is one of the main pillars of democracy. For democracy to strive, journalists must have freedom to do their job and must not be deliberately targeted and threatened. By targeting the press you target one of the pillars of your own democracy.
This brings me to what the EU could bring to
facilitate the process. Throughout our continued engagement and based
on the FAC Conclusions from Monday, we continue to support the peaceful
political process.
We are ready to step up our efforts,
together with international partners, to help Ukraine in dealing with
difficult economic situation with reform agenda and assistance.
On Monday the EU Foreign
Ministers made clear that in case of deterioration of the overall
situation we are ready to respond quickly. And let me also refer to the
last sentence of the Foreign Affairs Council's conclusions: the Member
States reaffirmed their commitment to sign the Association Agreement/
Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with Ukraine and at
the same time made clear that this Agreement is not the final goal of
our cooperation.
To conclude: Time is
not on your side - we are. But this is a Ukrainian process. A process,
in which the future of this country and its people is at stake.
For this process to be
successful, it needs to be inclusive – not only about the authorities
and opposition, but also about the civil society and business community.
They are extremely important to unlock the full potential of this
beautiful country. And the authorities must realise that they bear the
main responsibility in this process."
Watch the press conference here.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-6_en.htm?locale=en
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