Vannykova says Ukraine-EU summit will seek roadmap for introduction of visa-free regime

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The participants in the Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv on December 4 will reach agreement on drafting a roadmap for the introduction of a visa-free regime between Ukraine and the European Union and on its adoption at the next Ukraine-EU summit during the Belgian presidency of the EU.

Ukrainian presidential spokeswoman Iryna Vannykova said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.

She said that the participants in the Ukraine-EU summit are expected to reach a political agreement on completing expert-level talks on the major clauses of an association agreement.

She said that they would also reach agreement on stepping up the negotiating process on the creation of a free trade area between Ukraine and the EU.

Vannykova said that the sides are expected to outline the completion of talks on Ukraine's accession to the Energy Charter Treaty.

She said that Ukraine also hopes that the EU will confirm its readiness to support the introduction of a bilateral dimension of the Eastern Partnership with Belarus.

She said that the EU would confirm its intentions to launch the process of implementing a Joint Cooperation Initiative in Crimea, as well as other projects in the sphere of Crimea's social and economic development.