(29.01.) Can I say that I am glad to
be back here in Kyiv. It is always for me a privilege to have the opportunity to meet with you all here. But I would not want anyone to think that in the interim since the time when I was here last year that the situation here has been anything other than on the top of our agenda.
From my discussions with the Presidents, to the Foreign
Affairs Council, in my bilateral talks with Member States and indeed in my contacts with my colleagues across the world, not least in the United States, Canada, other countries. The situation here is of enormous importance to all of us.