The Presidency of the European Union welcomes the agreement reached by President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovich to hold parliamentary elections in the Ukraine on 30 September 2007. It urges both sides to now implement this political compromise step by step, and encourages the leadership to jointly advance the constitutional-reform process up to the agreed date of the elections in harmony with European values, in order to provide their country with a stable, reliable and universally-recognized framework for political discourse. It calls on all involved to help ensure the success of the compromise now achieved by refraining from unilateral measures.
With a view to the implementation of the agreements now reached, the Presidency will continue, as in the past, to maintain close contact with both sides.
