"Concerning Ukraine, there are still some commitments, given by the president and also by the prime minister to be fulfilled… We expect that we will receive very soon a report [on implementation of Kiev's obligations], and then we will have an assessment, and at the course of the first quarter we, I assume, will come with a proposal for visa liberalization," Hahn said ahead of the EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.
Earlier in January, a high ranking EU diplomatic source told journalists that several members of the European Union were not ready to abolish visa regime with Ukraine because of Kiev-related corruption concerns.
In March, 2014, the Ukraine–EU Association Agreement was ratified. The deal establishes a political and economic association between the parties, which are committed to cooperation and the convergence of their economic policies, legislation, and regulations across a broad range of areas, including a visa-free regime, the exchange of information by security services, the modernization of Ukraine's infrastructure, and access to the European Investment Bank.
