Libor Rouček, S&D vice-president for enlargement and neighbourhood policy, said:

"The work of former presidents Cox and Kwaśniewski in Ukraine is of crucial importance. We express our hope and confidence that it will soon lead to a mutually acceptable solution to the case of Yulia Tymoshenko, on the basis of the letter sent on 4 October to the president of Ukraine.

"We also commend the significant progress made by Ukraine in meeting the EU's conditions, in particular with reforms of the judiciary and the prosecutor's office, changing the criminal code, and improving electoral legislation. We especially welcome the fact that legislation for reform is being passed with cross-party support in the Verkhovna Rada. This momentum needs to be sustained so that the association agreement and DCFTA can be signed in Vilnius. A new chapter in bilateral relations – and, I believe, in Ukraine's history – is about to open."

Zdroj: http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu, 16.10.2013