Contemporary Ukrainian-Polish relations in the context of European integration processes

Abstract

In the introductory remarks the author drafted a background of present-day social and constitutional shifts in Ukraine. Then he focused his attention on legal and political principles of formulation of Ukraine’s foreign policy since gaining independence, analysing, first and foremost, the resolution enacted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine entitled “On the main directions of Ukraine’s foreign policy”. He also studied legal and political ground of Ukrainian-Polish bilateral relations, pointing to a weighty role of the Treaty on Good Neighbourhood, Friendly Relations and Cooperation between the Republic of Poland and Ukraine. As well, he elucidated the activity of the Ukrainian-Polish bilateral institutions established for realization of the resultant tasks. The support of Ukraine’s aspirations for deeper integration with Europe by Poland were accentuated in the article. An issue of the signing of the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement is crucial from this viewpoint. In the last part of the paper the author indicate that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine resulted in a revision of international accords and initiated a thorough changes in Ukrainians’ identity.