/UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko expressed confidence of a breakthrough in Ukraine's relations with the European Union in the nearest future.
"When exactly it happens depends on our efforts. It may be even half a year. We hope for that, particularly, in the context of our talks on association, free trade zone, visa facilitation and abolition in the perspective," he said at a TV talk show.
The breakthrough depends on reforms in Ukraine, the minister emphasized, adding committees in charge of developing transformation programs had been set up at the Presidential Administration and the Government. "Rapprochement with the EU and conduct of large-scale reforms are parallel processes that must be united," he underscored.
