LITHUANIA: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich arrives at a Vilnius hotel for bilateral meetings with EU leaders
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LITHUANIA: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich arrives at a Vilnius hotel for bilateral meetings with EU leaders
- Title: LITHUANIA: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich arrives at a Vilnius hotel for bilateral meetings with EU leaders
- Date: 28th November 2013
- Summary: VILNIUS, LITHUANIA (NOVEMBER 28, 2013) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF THE KEMPINSKI HOTEL POLICEMAN OUTSIDE HOTEL CAR LIGHT SEEN THROUGH HOTEL DOOR SECURITY OFFICIALS INSIDE HOTEL LOBBY UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VIKTOR YANUKOVICH ARRIVING PHOTOGRAPHER YANUKOVICH SPEAKING TO EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CATHERINE ASHTON PHOTOGRAPHERS FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER LAURENT FABIUS SPEAKING TO ASHTON FABIUS LEAVING
- Embargoed: 13th December 2013 12:00
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- Location: Lithuania
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- Country: Lithuania
- Topics: European Union
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- Story Text: Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovich arrived at a Vilnius hotel on Thursday (November 28) for meetings with EU Leaders.
Yanukovich has gone back on a plan to sign a partnership agreement with the EU in favour of closer ties with Russia.
He was scheduled to meet EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, EU Council President Herman van Rompuy and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the Kempinski hotel before attending the EU's Eastern Partnership summit at the Grand Duke's Palace next door.
His trip to Vilnius is seen by some as an attempt to soothe domestic outrage that sparked pro-EU demonstrations as a result of his decision to walk away from the landmark deal with the EU.
Or he may be signalling a willingness to focus on Ukraine's economic ties with the EU without making political commitments. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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