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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 004663 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/ERA AND EUR/WE 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/10/2013 
TAGS: PREL ECON UP IT EUN
SUBJECT: ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: READOUT ON EU-UKRAINE SUMMIT 
 
REF: STATE 281770 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: POL MINISTER COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN.  REASON: 1.5 (B)( 
D). 
 
 
¶1. (C) POST PASSED POINTS REFTEL TO THE MFA EU OFFICE AND NIS 
OFFICE ON  OCTOBER 3.  ON OCTOBER 8, SILVIA COSTANTINI FROM 
THE MFA'S OFFICE OF EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS TOLD POLOFF THAT 
WHILE THE OCTOBER 7 UKRAINE-EU SUMMIT IN YALTA WAS SUCCESSFUL 
IN ADVANCING A NUMBER OF ISSUES RELATED TO UKRAINE'S 
INTEGRATION INTO EUROATLANTIC INSTITUTIONS, MUCH OF THE 
MEETING WAS CONSUMED WITH TAMPING DOWN THE UKRAINIAN SIDE'S 
INSISTENCE THAT THE EU PROVIDE AND ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLICLY A 
MORE RAPID SCHEDULE FOR FULL EU INTEGRATION. 
 
¶2.  (C) COSTANTINI SAID THAT UKRAINE WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH 
ITS STATUS AS A MEMBER OF THE "WIDER EUROPE-NEIGHBORHOOD" 
INITIATIVE, AND WANTED A MORE ROBUST ACCORD ALONG THE LINES 
OF THE BALKANS STABILIZATION AND ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT TO 
DEFINE THE UKRAINE-EU RELATIONSHIP.  EU TROIKA 
REPRESENTATIVES PROMISED TO ASSIST UKRAINE (ALONG WITH 
MOLDOVA AND BELARUS) WITH THE INTEGRATION PROCESS UNDER 
CURRENT STRUCTURES. 
 
¶3.  (C)  COSTANTINI SAID THAT THE PRESIDENCY DID NOT 
CRITICIZE UKRAINE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SINGLE ECONOMIC 
SPACE (SES) PER SE, BUT INSISTED THAT ANY ECONOMIC 
ARRANGEMENTS IT ENTERS INTO COMPLY WITH EU AND WTO DIRECTIVES 
AND GUIDELINES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE WIDER EUROPE FUNDS WHERE 
APPROPRIATE.  THE PRESIDENCY ASKED FOR MORE DETAILS ON SES 
OBLIGATIONS AND WHAT IT MEANT FOR CONTINUED ECONOMIC REFORM. 
 
¶4. (U)  ACCORDING TO COSTANTINI, THE OTHER DETAILS OF THE 
SUMMIT ARE SPELLED OUT COMPLETELY IN THE JOINT STATEMENT 
AVAILABLE ON THE PRESIDENCY WEBSITE.  SEPTEL WILL REPORT 
RESULTS OF THE BILATERAL ITALY-UKRAINE SUMMIT, WHICH TOOK 
PLACE THE FOLLOWING DAY, OCTOBER 8, ALSO IN YALTA. 
SEMBLER 
 
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2003ROME04663 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL