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For the first time in the past year-and-a-half, Ukraine has not suffered any deaths over the past 24 hours, signaling hope for a true peace, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in his speech on the first working day of the 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting in Kyiv.

Viktor Pinchuk, the founder of Yalta European Strategy (YES) and a member of its Supervisory Board, opened the first official day of the 12th YES Annual Meeting, today in Kyiv.

Europe must show solidarity with regard to refugees from Syria the way it did during the Yugoslavia conflict, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has said at the 12^th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting.

The West should station anti-tank weapons close to Ukraine to help the country in case the Russian troops move deeper into its territory, Radoslaw Sikorski, a member of the Polish parliament and the country's foreign minister in 2007-2014, said at the evening panel discussion at the 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting in Kyiv on 10 September.

The Ukrainian leadership should proceed with implementing reforms, believes Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014) and former Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009). Rasmussen spoke about how Ukraine can become a force for global stability and European values in today’s volatile global context, during the opening panel discussion "Time to Deliver! What Ukraine Expects from Europe – and Vice Versa" at the 12th Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting in Kyiv.

The 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting entitled “At Risk: How New Ukraine’s Fate Affects Europe and the World,” organized by YES, in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, opened today in Kyiv, bringing together more than 350 global leaders from politics, business, society and media from more than 20 countries to discuss new Ukraine’s impact on Europe and the world.

On Sep 12 in Kyiv, Ukraine at the 12^th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) Sir Elton John, founder of Elton John AIDS Foundation, will speak on tolerance and human rights and the responsibility of business and social leaders, as well as on how to build a more tolerant Ukraine with a free and democratic society.

President of the state of Israel Shimon Peres (2007-2014) and Tony Blair, Patron, Tony Blair Faith Foundation; Prime Minister of of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007), will discuss global challenges at the 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting on September 11.

The 12th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting entitled “At Risk: How New Ukraine’s Fate Affects Europe and the World,” organized by YES, in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, will take place September 10-12, 2015, in Kyiv, Ukraine.