BRUSSELS, Feb 23 - Ukrainian President-elect Victor Yanukovych will visit Brussels next Monday to show his commitment to developing relations with Europe, a European Union official said on Tuesday.
Yanukovych, who will be sworn in on Thursday, has been trying to show he will balance ties between Moscow and the West and that he is not hostile to the EU. The official said he was likely to visit Brussels before he visits Russia. "He is coming on Monday," said the EU official, who declined to be named. "Yanukovych wants to send a clear message to Europe by going to Europe on his first foreign trip."
