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The Ukrainian businessman, public figure, and founder of Yalta European Strategy (YES), Victor Pinchuk, today opened the plenary sessions of the 10th YES Annual Meeting entitled “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success”, at the historic  Livadia Palace, Yalta, Ukraine.

Lawrence Henry (‘Larry’) Summers, a world-famous economist who has formerly held the positions of, Director of the National Economic Council of the USA(2009-2010),  Secretary of the US Treasury Department (1999-2001), and President of Harvard University (2001-2006) will take part in today’s discussion about global economic problems and prospects at the 10th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES).

Europe welcomes the constructive dialogue emerging between the present government and  the opposition in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the course of discussions about  the implementation of legislation required to meet the terms of the EU/Ukraine association agreement, declared Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy of the European Commission, at the welcome reception of the 10th Yalta Annual Meeting “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success”, on September 19 at the historic Livadia Palace, in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine.

The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, which is planned to be signed in just a few months,  will be of benefit not only for the state of Ukraine but also for its neighbors, and primarily, for Russia, stated Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy of the European Commission, at the welcome reception of 10th Yalta Annual Meeting “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success” on September 19, at the historic Livadia Palace in Yalta,  the Crimea.

William Jefferson Clinton, Founder, Clinton Foundation; 42nd President of the United States (1993 – 2001) and Tony Blair, Patron, Tony Blair Faith Foundation; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007), will present their visions for designing the world of tomorrow during a panel discussion at the 10th Yalta Annual Meeting organized by the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation on Friday, September 20th..

The 10^th Yalta Annual Meeting entitled “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success”, organized by the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, will take place at the historic Livadia Palace in Yalta, Ukraine, from 19^th to 22^nd September, 2013.

On March 18-19, 2013 the Board of Yalta European Strategy (YES) visited Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's development and relations with its neighbors.

Ukraine should come to a decision for itself whether it is ready to move towards the European Union and share its underlying values. This idea was announced by the EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (1999-2009), former NATO Secretary General Javier Solana.

Ukraine should work in a fully-fledged manner with partners both from Europe and from the Customs Union’s countries, however, the integration with CU is objectively more beneficial for Ukraine said Kairat Kelimbetov, the Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, at the session “Ukraine, East, West?” in the framework of the 9th Annual Yalta Meeting of YES.