(ANSA) - BELGRADE, SEP 26 - "We hope that the EU Commission will take note of Ukraine's achievements as a candidate for the European Union: we anticipate a positive response by the end of October," said Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, President of Ukraine's Parliamentary Commission for EU Integration, speaking at the conference "Ukraine in the European Union: the Time to Act," organised by the Polish and Ukrainian embassies in Rome. "However, it will be up to EU members' initiative to open new negotiations by the end of the year," she added. (ANSA).