Ukraine in the Energy Community

September, 24, in Skopya (Macedonia) on the 8 th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Energy Community signed a Protocol on Ukraine's accession to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community. During his speech at the meeting, Minister of Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said that Ukraine's accession to the Energy Community is a practical step towards real integration of Ukraine into the EU internal market, in particular, its energy component. In his opinion, Ukraine's participation in the EU internal energy market offers considerable promise for the implementation of key aspects of investment and accelerate the process of reforming the country's energy sector. The European Commission welcomes the accession of Ukraine to the Energy Community and is awaiting ratification by Ukraine of the relevant protocol in the coming months, that Ukraine became a full member of the organization in early 2011.