Taking account of the close historical relationship and progressively closer links between the Parties as well as their desire to strengthen and widen relations in an ambitious and innovative way, the negotiations on the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’), were successfully concluded by the initialling of the Agreement in 2012.
Rekening houdend met de nauwe historische banden en de steeds intensievere betrekkingen tussen de partijen, alsmede hun wens om de betrekkingen op ambitieuze en innovatieve wijze te versterken en te verbreden, werden de onderhandelingen over de Associatieovereenkomst tussen de Europese Unie en de Europese Gemeenschap voor Atoomenergie en hun lidstaten, enerzijds, en Oekraïne, anderzijds (hierna „de overeenkomst” genoemd), met succes afgerond en werd de overeenkomst in 2012 geparafeerd.