EU-Ukraine Association Council, Brussels - Main contents
| date | January 28, 2020 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Brussels, Belgium  |
| attending | O. (Olivér) Várhelyi i et al. |
| organisation | Council of the European Union (Council) i, European Council i |
Council of the EU and European Council,
Enlargement, external relations and trade,
The Council will review the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and developments related to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
This will be the first Association Council chaired by Oleksiy Honcharuk, Prime Minister of Ukraine. The EU delegation will be led by Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi will also participate in the meeting.
Ministers will review the implementation of the Association Agreement, with a focus on to the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). They will focus on several areas of interest: political reforms, rule of law and security and economic cooperation.
The meeting will take stock of the current situation in Eastern Ukraine and the implementation of the Minsk agreements, including humanitarian issues. The Council will also discuss the non-recognition of the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation.
The Eastern partnership and regional issues are also on the day's agenda.
In the Council, government ministers from each EU country meet to discuss, amend and adopt laws, and coordinate policies. The ministers have the authority to commit their governments to the actions agreed on in the meetings.
Together with the European Parliament , the Council is the main decision-making body of the EU.
Not to be confused with:
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-European Council - quarterly summits, where EU leaders meet to set the broad direction of EU policy making
The European Council brings together EU leaders to set the EU's political agenda. It represents the highest level of political cooperation between EU countries.
One of the EU's 7 official institutions, the Council takes the form of (usually quarterly) summit meetings between EU leaders, chaired by a permanent president.
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