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Mr Yanukovych won the general election earlier this year (Photo: www.ya2006.com.ua)

Ukraine policy on EU and NATO will not change

The foreign policy priorities of Ukraine as declared by president Viktor Yushchenko will remain unchanged despite the fact that some parties in the new parliamentary coalition have nuances in terms of their foreign policy programmes.

The president of Ukraine, Mr Yushchenko, enjoys special constitutional powers in the foreign policy arena, including the appointment of the foreign and defence ministers.

This continuity was again confirmed in a document called the "National Unity P...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Mr Yanukovych won the general election earlier this year (Photo: www.ya2006.com.ua)

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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