EU envoys try to break impasse over former premier’s controversial seven-year jail sentence for abuse of power.
Ukraine’s president, Viktor Yanukovych, has said he intends to resolve the controversial case of jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko soon, as top European Union officials warned that time was running out for Kiev to be ready to sign landmark deals with the bloc next month.
Ireland’s Pat Cox, a former president of the European Parliament, and former Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski, are acting as EU envoys in trying to break an impasse over the issue of Ms Tymoshenko’s controversial seven-year jail sentence for abuse of power.
The EU and United States say she and several allies are the victims of politically motivated prosecutions, and Brussels has warned Ukraine that it will not be offered major deals on political association and free trade with the EU next month unless Ms Tymoshenko’s case is resolved.
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