The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine: Kiev will not change the contract on Association with EU
Ukraine doesn't want to change the Association agreement with the European Union and thereby inhibit its movement in the European Union, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin. "We have the Association agreement is a key principle of international law that treaties must be performed. We won't change our Association agreement for any attempt by any parties, including the Russian Federation to destabilize the situation or complicate or stop our movement towards European standards, European principles and common European values ", - quotes Klimkin RIA " Novosti ". On 6 may, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with the foreign Minister of Italy Paolo Gentiloni, during which the public was asked to expedite the process of ratification of the Treaty on unification of Ukraine with the European Union. Remember, April 27, the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said that the issue of Ukraine's accession to the EU is not on the agenda. First Poroshenko said that Kyiv wants for 5 years to provide the implementation of the agreement with the European Union about the unity and achieve the conditions for applying for EU membership. Poroshenko tried to convince the EU to recognize the right of Ukraine "as any European country" for membership in the European Union subject to the compliance criteria. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament on 16 September 2014 ratified the Association agreement between Kyiv and Brussels, however, the use of a free trade agreement has been postponed until 1 January 2016. Fifteen April, the European Commissioner for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn said that the EU is unwilling to reconsider the already ratified the agreement with Ukraine on free trade.