Slovakia does not recognize the “referendum” in the AR of Crimea unlawfully annexed by the Russian Federation, emphasized Myroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, at the 7th Kyiv Security Forum.

By making all necessary decisions, Ukraine could obtain a visa-free regime with the European Union as soon as next year.

In the course of the 7th Kyiv Security Forum, the Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine confirmed Brussels’ willingness to provide all-round assistance to Kyiv to stabilize the situation in the country.

All the issues related to constitutional changes and the future of the Ukrainian State should find the resolution exclusively within the Ukrainian society and not through the efforts of the other parties and beyond Ukrainian territory. Rescheduling the presidential elections date of May 25 is out of the question. 

Andrii Deshchytsia, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, sees Ukraine’s future in the European Union but admits that much hard work needs to be done to achieve this goal. He stated so during the 7th Kyiv Security Forum organized by the Open Ukraine Foundation.

On April 10-11, 2014 Kyiv will host the 7th Kyiv Security Forum “On the Fault Line: to be Secure In–Between”. Over 400 international and Ukrainian policy leaders, representatives of political, business and civic circles from more than 20 countries of the world will discuss global security trends and challenges in current international relations. This year the main theme of the Forum will focus on recent developments in Ukraine and close to its borders, their preconditions, and possible outcomes for the country, region, Europe and even for the world at large.

On April 10-11, 2014 Kyiv will host the 7th Kyiv Security Forum “On the Fault Line: to be Secure In–Between”. Over 400 international and Ukrainian policy leaders, representatives of political, business and civic circles from more than 20 countries of the world will discuss global security trends and challenges in current international relations. This year the main theme of the Forum will focus on recent developments in Ukraine and close to its borders, their preconditions, and possible outcomes for the country, region, Europe and even for the world at large.

On Friday, November 23, at the 2nd Youth Kyiv Security Forum, the representatives from Ukraine, Georgia, and Pakistan spoke about the corruption situation in their countries. Based on the report made by Ashraf Ali, the President of FATA Research Center, Pakistan, the corruption problem is the most acute in their country. Mr Ali assured the audience that 7 billion rupees (USD 65 million) from the national budget falls into the pockets of the state officials every day.

The European Union member countries will reach a common ground regarding Ukraine, whose government this Thursday refused from the preparations for the signature of the EU Association Agreement at the Vilnius Summit. Nevertheless, the standpoints of certain EU members, in particular the Ukraine’s members, may differ. This was announced on Friday by Mariia Yurikova, deputy head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, at the 2nd Youth Kyiv Security Forum (Youth KSF).

More than 400 international and Ukrainian leaders, representatives of political, business and social circles from more than 20 countries will discuss global security trends and challenges in present international relations.