Ukraine is looking to the German presidency of the EU next year to boost its ties with Brussels and prepare a more attractive EU policy towards the east.
In an interview with German daily Die Welt, President Victor Yushchenko said he hoped that Berlin would work on a new EU bilateral agreement with Kiev that would replace the current deal - known as the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement - which runs out in 2008.
Mr Yushchenko said his country expected the new ties to run via a...
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