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LAVROV: RUSSIA NEVER QUESTIONED UKRAINE'S RIGHT TO PARTNER UP WITH EU
Russia never put the right of Ukraine to develop partnership relations
with the European Union at question, it only warned of the economic
risks that such relations entail, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov said.
(c) RIA Novosti. Vladimir Pesnya 09:06 25/10/2014
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MOSCOW, October 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia never put the right of
Ukraine to develop partnership relations with the European Union at
question, it only warned of the economic risks that such relations
entail, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"I want to stress that we never questioned Ukraine's right to develop
partnership relations with the European Union. What's at issue here is
that it should not harm Russia, its partners in theCustoms Union and
all members of the CIS free trade zone, which includes Ukraine," Lavrov
said in an interview with the Verdens Gang (VG) Norwegian newspaper.
The Russian Foreign Minister added that Ukraine's trade relations with
the European Union "should not create side paths for the duty-free
entry of cheap European goods into our territory".
The political provisions of the Ukraine-EU association agreement were
signed in March, after the then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych
was ousted and an interim government came to power in the country. The
economic part of the agreement was signed by the current president
of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in June.
Early in September, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union reached
a compromise on Kiev's free trade agreement with the European Union,
postponing its entry into force until January 1, 2016.
The deal was reached during trilateral talks in Brussels, which
were held after Moscow expressed concerns about the economic risks
the implementation of the association agreement entailed both for
Russia and Ukraine, which is still a member of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS).
The CIS currently has nine full members - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -
and two participating states -Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
http://en.ria.ru/politics/20141025/194566715/Lavrov-Russia-Never-Questioned-Ukraines-Right-to-Partner-Up-With.html
Russia never put the right of Ukraine to develop partnership relations
with the European Union at question, it only warned of the economic
risks that such relations entail, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov said.
(c) RIA Novosti. Vladimir Pesnya 09:06 25/10/2014
Related News
Putin: Moscow Ready to Search Compromise Over Moldova, Ukraine's EU
Association EU to Ratify Association Agreement With Georgia by December
2014: Reports Kremlin Vows to Retaliate If Three-Party Agreements on
Ukraine's EU Association Violated Poroshenko: EU-Ukraine Association
Agreement to Fully Enter Into Force in November Lavrov: Kiev Decision
to Delay EU Association Agreement in Line With Yanukovych's Proposal
MOSCOW, October 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia never put the right of
Ukraine to develop partnership relations with the European Union at
question, it only warned of the economic risks that such relations
entail, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"I want to stress that we never questioned Ukraine's right to develop
partnership relations with the European Union. What's at issue here is
that it should not harm Russia, its partners in theCustoms Union and
all members of the CIS free trade zone, which includes Ukraine," Lavrov
said in an interview with the Verdens Gang (VG) Norwegian newspaper.
The Russian Foreign Minister added that Ukraine's trade relations with
the European Union "should not create side paths for the duty-free
entry of cheap European goods into our territory".
The political provisions of the Ukraine-EU association agreement were
signed in March, after the then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych
was ousted and an interim government came to power in the country. The
economic part of the agreement was signed by the current president
of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in June.
Early in September, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union reached
a compromise on Kiev's free trade agreement with the European Union,
postponing its entry into force until January 1, 2016.
The deal was reached during trilateral talks in Brussels, which
were held after Moscow expressed concerns about the economic risks
the implementation of the association agreement entailed both for
Russia and Ukraine, which is still a member of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS).
The CIS currently has nine full members - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -
and two participating states -Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
http://en.ria.ru/politics/20141025/194566715/Lavrov-Russia-Never-Questioned-Ukraines-Right-to-Partner-Up-With.html