On 11 February 2021, the European Union and Ukraine held the 7th meeting of the Association Council, in Brussels. The meeting was co-chaired by Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine.
The Association Council reaffirmed its continued commitment to strengthening the political association and economic integration of Ukraine with the European Union on the basis of the Association Agreement and its Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) and to the common values enshrined in it.
The Association Council underlined the unity, solidarity and mutual commitment demonstrated in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU reiterated its readiness to help Ukraine gain early access to vaccines and support its vaccination campaign through a regional project with the World Health Organisation launched today. The Association Council looked forward to the resumption of non-essential travel for
Krykliy signs agreement with EBRD on raising EUR 450 mln for overhaul of Kyiv-Odesa highway 2 min read
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, represented by Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy, have signed a loan agreement for EUR 450 million for the project of development of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
According to the ministry s website, the funds will be used to overhaul the M-05 Kyiv-Odesa highway and build the Lviv northern bypass road. A record number of highways are being built under the president s Big Construction program this year. More than 4,000 km of roads across the country have already been renovated, and we will do even more thanks to the conclusion of a loan agreement with the EBRD on the development of the Trans-European Transport Network. The implementation of this project will allow not only to improve the condition of roads along the routes of international trans