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To achieve reconciliation you should have enough strength, a reference system and leadership skills – Tony Blair
The three things are requisite for reconciliation – to have enough strength, a reference system to move forward and leadership skills, stated Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the UK (1997 – 2007), during the working lunch “Towards Reconciliation” at 11th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Saturday in Kyiv.
Russia will not change its “tune”, - Alexander Kwasniewski
Russia is seeking to restore the superpower that the Soviet Union used to be, and the politicians in Europe and in the USA should know about that, this is the message shared by Alexander Kwasniewski, Polish President (1995-2005), chairman of the board of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) when closing the 11th YES Annual Meeting in Kyiv.
The European union will not allow the RF to dictate to the EU conditions as for relations with Ukraine, - Commissioner Stefan Fule
The European Union will not allow Russia to dictate conditions as for the EU’s relations with Ukraine, said Stefan Fule, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy during the panel “Association Agreement With the Eu and Strong Relations With Russia – Difficult? Or Impossible?” at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Saturday in Kyiv.
The RF should decide: whether to be an EU partner or competitor – Jose Manuel Barroso
Russia should decide: whether it wants to be a strategic partner or a strategic competitor to the European Union, said President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, the featured guest of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday evening in Kyiv.
NATO is the only possibility to protect Ukraine, – Yatseniuk
The North-Atlantic Alliance is the only possibility to protect Ukraine from external aggression, said Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Saturday in Kyiv.
The situation in Ukraine concerns all Europeans, – Martin Schulz
The situation in Ukraine concerns the whole European community. Russia should stop the provocations, intimidation and incursions not only in the territory of the Ukrainian State, but vis-à-vis the EU member States. This opinion was shared by President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz at the official opening of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) on Friday in Kyiv.
Europe has to restore peace on the continent, and Ukraine’s objectives for the next 10 years should be reforms, – President of the Republic of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Europe has to restore peace on the continent, where now the war is on in Ukraine because of Ukraine’s pro-European ambitions, and for this country the objectives for the next ten years should be to implement reforms, stated President of the Republic of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves at the opening of 11th YES Annual Meeting entitled “New Ukraine, New Europe, New World: Building and Defending” on Friday in Kyiv.
YES is to assist in building new Ukraine, – Pinchuk
The meetings of Yalta European Strategy (YES) are to assist in building new Ukraine when the war ends, said Victor Pinchuk, the founder and member of YES Board, opening 11th YES Annual Meeting entitled “New Ukraine, New Europe, New World: Building and Defending” on Friday in Kyiv.
Ukraine is now the main priority for the EU, - Petro Poroshenko
The European Union is showing its unity and solidarity with Ukraine, despite its own domestic political problems, witnessing thus the priority of the Ukrainian issue for the European community. This opinion was expressed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at the official opening of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv.
PinchukArtCentre Presents in the Context of РАС-UA Re-Consideration “Subimage”, an Exhibition by Ivan Svitlychnyi
The PinchukArtCentre presents the third “PAC-UA Re-consideration” project - an exhibition by Kharkiv-based artist Ivan Svitlychnyi who was nominated for the PinchukArtCentre Prize in 2011 and 2013. In his new installation entitled “Subimage” that was especially created for the PinchukArtCentre, Svitlychnyi reconsiders his own artistic practice seen through a variety of influences.
