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Related Event: Ukrainian Political Crisis

(German President Horst Koehler welcomes his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko in Berlin .)
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has started his two-day visit to Germany by expressing the confidence that his country can be an EU member within the coming 10 years.
Yushchenko said Tuesday during an interview that the European Union membership for Ukraine will be achieved certainly before the year 2016.
The Ukrainian president stressed that his country with 48 million people was of interest for EU not just due to economic considerations but also due to its strategic role.
Ukraine's eagerness to join EU will be the main topic when Yushchenko meets German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Wednesday.
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