News

President of Ukraine (1994-2005) Leonid Kuchma proposes to engage Putin in the negotiations on settlement of the situation in Donbas. This statement Mr. Kuchma, who represents Ukraine in the trilateral contact group on settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine, made at 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday in Kyiv.

The European Union should offer Russia at least one year of probation period to deepen the economic cooperation between the countries. In a case if the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU has substantial negative implications for the RF economy, the European Union could find mechanisms to mitigate such implications. This is the opinion shared by Javier Solana, president of ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, member of the Board of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) during the panel “From Yalta via Budapest to Yalta – Global Security Breakdown?” at the 11th Annual Meeting f Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday in Kyiv.

Ukraine should become part of the joint powerful Euro-Atlantic security system, but so far, it is not ready for that. No treaty gives guarantees today: the security guaranteed for the Ukrainian State under the Budapest Memorandum does not work any longer. This was pointed out by the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Valeriy Chalyi during the panel “From Yalta via Budapest to Yalta – Global Security Breakdown?” at the 11th Annual Meeting f Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday in Kyiv.

Ukraine will be able to increase gas production from its own resources if appropriate conditions for this are created, particularly, pursuing the course of reforms, openness to investment and stabilization of the situation in the Eastern regions this was pointed out by the Vice-President on exploration and production of Shell in Ukraine and the Chairman of Shell in Ukraine Graham Tiley during the session ”Energy Security: Now a Matter of Life and Death” at the 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday in Kiev.

Ukraine will be able to survive the heating season if it uses the truce in the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the country’s east to rehabilitate its infrastructure, stated Maxim Timchenko, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board, DTEK, at the session “Energy Security: Now a Question of Life and Death” at 11th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday in Kyiv.

President of the United States Barak Obama is to pay attention to the potential to catch on relative weakness of the Russian stand to stabilize the situation in Ukraine. The USA have to take urgent military measures to discourage the Russian Federation from continuing the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. Harvard University History Professor Niall Ferguson expressed this idea at the session “Friends, Enemies, Alliances of the Future. Who with Whom against Whom?” at 11th Annual Meetings of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday in Kyiv.

The world community is intent on doing their best to ensure success of the diplomatic initiative on settlement of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, stated Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, at the session “How business can facilitate peace making for Ukraine” at 11^th Annual Meeting of “Yalta European Strategy” (YES) on Friday in Kyiv.

European countries are involved in the countering between Ukraine and Russia. The Russian Federation is seeking to destabilize not only the Ukrainian State, but also a range of European countries. This opinion was voiced by head of the Batkivschyna party, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2007-2010) Yulia Tymoshenko during the panel “War in Ukraine: Can It Become European? Global? And How Can We End It?” at the 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday in Kyiv.

The United States of America will not wage a war against Russia for Ukraine, this country should stop the Russian intervention in the East itself, said Wesley Clark, US Armey general (retired), NATO Supreme Allied Commander (1997-2000), during the panel “War in Ukraine: Can It Become European? Global? And How Can We End It?” at the 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday in Kyiv.