Relations EU/Ukraine: common strategy

The Council took note of the Presidency's work plan on the implementation of the EU Common strategy on Ukraine. The work plan places emphasis on the following objectives: - helping to consolidate a full, stable and pluralist democracy governed by the rule of law and respect for human rights; - supporting the process of economic and social reform in Ukraine and helping in the creation of the conditions for an efficient market economy that will enable the country to be integrated into the world economy; - promoting co-operation in the field of justice and home affairs; - promoting rapprochement between the Union and Ukraine, including continuing efforts to scure gradual approximation of EU and Ukrainian legislation; - continuing co-operation and dialogue in the field of the Union's common foreign and security policy; - strengthening co-operation on non-proliferation and disarmament and in the fields of environment, energy and nuclear safety.�