Poroshenko hopes in Riga to consolidate the European perspective of Kiev
Kyiv hopes that at the may summit of "Eastern partnership" in Riga will be assigned to the European perspective of Ukraine, said on Thursday the head of the Ukrainian country Petro Poroshenko.
When creating a Treaty of Union between Ukraine and the EU the previous government insisted on the identification document of the prospect of membership for the state, but the European Union did not go for it.
"in addition, we expect positive shifts in the positions of member countries in an extremely important issue for us is the recognition of the European prospects for having the interest of member countries, member countries of the" Eastern partnership ", and among them the European prospects for Ukraine ", - said Poroshenko said at a press conference with European Commissioner for European neighbourhood policy and the negotiations on the extension Johannes Hahn.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament in September 2014 ratified the Association agreement between Kyiv and Brussels, however, the use of the free trade agreement was postponed until 1 January 2016. Throughout the period of execution of this consensus Russia promised not to introduce measures to protect its economy, including import duties on items from Ukraine.