Evian, France  - European Union and Ukrainian leaders are set to shift their summit, planned for Tuesday, from the Alpine spa town of Evian to Paris after the EU's top officials took longer than expected in talks in Moscow.

"Given the delays to the visit to Russia and Georgia today, the EU-Ukraine summit, originally planned for Evian, will take place in the Elysee Palace," home of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a statement from the Elysee press service said.

The long-planned summit had been intended to deal with talks on an ongoing partnership between the two sides, with Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko pushing for closer ties with the bloc.

But the visit Monday of Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and the EU's top foreign-policy official, Javier Solana, to Moscow to demand a Russian withdrawal of troops from Georgia, looks set to dominate the agenda, as the three officials are due to host Yushchenko in Paris immediately on their return. (dpa)