Ukraine”s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood Roundtable/
Ukraine”s Euro-Atlantic Future: International Forum
Fusion Event:
“Divining the Outcome of the EP Summit in Vilnius”
September 23, 2013
Washington, D.C.
WORKING DRAFT
Venue: University Club of Washington DC/Ambassador”s Room
[Alternative: Dirksen Senate OB/Room 325]
Sponsors:
- American Foreign Policy Council
- Center For US-Ukrainian Relations
- International Republican Institute
- Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/Ukraine
- Open World Leadership Program
- National Democratic Institute
- Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation
- Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
- Ukrainian National Information Service
Program:
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Opening Remarks Dinner
Words of Welcome:
- Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oleksandr Motsyk
7:15 PM – 8:45 PM Plenary Discussion
Theme: Assessing the Chances of a EU-Ukraine Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement Being Signed at the Eastern Partnership Summit in November 2013
Chair:
- American Foreign Policy Council President Herman Pirchner
Views Offered:
- UA Government Perspective:
UA MFA Director of the Department for the European Union Vsevolod Chentsov - UA Rada Opposition Perspective:
Rada Deputy [UDAR] Valentyn Nalyvaichenko - US Perspective:
Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine John Tefft - Canadian Perspective:
Member of CA Parliament & Chair of the Standing Comm. on National Defence James Bezan - EU Perspective:
Former Minister of Defense of Poland & Euro Parliament VP Janusz Onyszkiewicz