In the course of the meeting with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko discussed the course of reforms in Ukraine and the country’s readiness to visa liberalization with the EU.

Following the meeting, the President expressed gratitude to the European Commission for legislative initiatives on the introduction of the visa-free regime with the EU for Ukrainians.

The Head of State thanked the EU leaders for sincere negotiations and regular meetings that confirm intensity and dynamics of the Ukraine-EU relations.

The President informed on concrete results of anti-corruption and judiciary reforms – adoption of important legislation on e-declarations, assets’ return, special confiscation and prevention of corruption. “It is important for the establishment of the visa-free regime,” Petro Poroshenko said.

The President also drew attention to positive results of the DCFTA. Particularly, in January-February of 2016, we increased EU - Ukraine trade turnover in food products, means of production and equipment, vehicles and spare parts, consumer goods. “We are working over full implementation of the Association Agreement, IMF commitments and the Minsk agreements,” Petro Poroshenko noted.

The President informed on the agreement to conduct the Ukraine-EU Summit on May 19.

In his turn, President of the European Council Donald Tusk emphasized that he understands the difficulties President Poroshenko and Ukraine face at the moment. “We see that Ukraine keeps walking the road of reforms. It has implemented a series of measures that lead to successful completion of reforms,” he said.

Donald Tusk noted that Ukraine made necessary steps towards visa liberalization. “Since December, Ukraine has made important steps to meet the key requirements for receiving the positive result in this process,” he added.

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker emphasized that the European Commission agrees with the necessity of improving traveling conditions for Ukrainians and is ready to provide proposals on visa liberalization in April.