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Council of Churches of Ukraine Publishes Communique on Its Delegation's Visit to Brussels

22.04.2013, 13:50
Final Communiqué of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations on the occasion of the visit of its delegation to Brussels (March 6-7, 2013).

Final Communiqué of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations on the occasion of the visit of its delegation to Brussels (March 6-7, 2013).

The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations is pleased with the successful visit of its delegation to Brussels on March 6-7, 2013, and would like to share the following summary:

  1. We would like to express gratitude to Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle and all other persons who made this visit to Brussels possible and successful.
  2. We approve and support the efforts of both Ukraine and European institutions aimed to deepen and develop the cooperation between Ukraine and European Union.
  3. We are convinced that an important component of the cooperation is the establishment of wider cooperation of institutes of civil society of Ukraine and countries of the European Union, including churches and religious organizations. AUCCRO will continue active work in this regard.
  4. As religious workers we consider it our responsibility in the context of deepening relations between Ukraine and European Union to witness and support the traditional moral, family and other spiritual values as they come from the Almighty. It is on these values that the European civilization was formed.
  5. As representatives of the Ukrainian churches and religious organizations and as a part of the Ukrainian society we support the efforts of our state and the EU aimed to conclude the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU and to simplify the visa procedures to extend the possibilities for Ukrainian citizens to travel to Europe.  

Passed in Kyiv at the session of All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations of 11.04.2013.