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Election system reform is stuck and the key to its future progress is in the hands of the members of parliament and the chairman of the National Reforms Council, the Deputy Head of the Ukrainian President’s Administration, Dmytro Shymkiv, has said. Shymkiv was speaking at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy hosted by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

It is strategically important to ensure gas transit not just for economic reasons but for containing Russia’s further aggression against Ukraine, CEO of Naftogaz Ukrayiny Andriy Kobolyev said at the 14th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting, organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

The sanctions against Russia will not be lifted in the near future, but the country’s full isolation should not be hoped for either, said the 66th US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice at the 14th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting, organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

Law enforcers must be given more powers in cyber security, the founder and president of Firmitas Cyber Solutions, Rami Efrati, has said at the 14th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

European countries and the USA have to be more active in persuading China to change its policy towards the North Korean government, former British Prime Minister, David Cameron (2010-16) has said. Cameron was speaking at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) 14th Annual Meeting, held by Viсtor Pinchuk Foundation.

Russia will have to leave Donbass and Crimea, said the 50th Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, at the 14th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting, organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

The decision by US Congress to impose sanctions on Russia was a mistake, US former Secretary of Defense (2006-2011) Robert Gates has said at the 14th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting, organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

The process of Ukraine’s accession to the EU should start now, said Bernard-Henri Levy, philosopher, writer and director at La Règle du Jeu, at the 14th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting, organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

The process provided by the Minsk peace agreement does not work at present and needs to be re-started, former British Prime Minister, David Cameron (2010-16) has said.