They noted that "before the negotiations are concluded and a new, closer relationship between the EU and Ukraine is established, the current crisis has to be peacefully resolved, the system of checks and balances restored and the enforcement of the rule of law ensured."
Eiropas Komisijai ieteikts arī "paredzēt konkrētu plānu pakāpeniskai plašas un visaptverošas brīvās tirdzniecības zonas izveidei" starp ES un Ukrainu.