Brussels, 07/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - Technical talks with a view to concluding a new partnership agreement with Ukraine (a more ambitious agreement than the current Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, PCA) were launched this week (5 March). The negotiating brief that the Council granted to the Commission provides for the possibility of negotiating a free trade area (but only once Kiev is a member of the WTO), a strengthened partnership on energy, and political dialogue on human rights....