The
Ukrainian parliament has ratified an association agreement with the EU,
creating closer ties between Ukraine and the bloc. Implementation of the new
deal will likely take some time.
Deutsche Welle, 16 Sep 2014
The
ratification Tuesday of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement received strong
support in Kyiv and Strasbourg. Ukrainian President Poroshenko has called the
pact a "de facto" reform program for Ukraine as it creates a
free-trade environment with the European Union.
In
simultaneous ceremonies, the documents were signed in Kyiv and in Strasbourg by
Ukrainian and EU officials, respectively.
However,
the pact will not be implemented until the end of 2015 due to protests from
Russia, a country that also has a free trade agreement with Ukraine but does
not have one with the EU. Russian officials fear that the Russian market would
be flooded with goods from the EU, and have attempted to insert amendments to
the agreement that would prevent this.
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