Relations with Russia are very close to the point of no return, said on the first day of the weekend, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko after the meeting with EU leaders.
According to Poroshenko, already at the upcoming week will be posted by the proposed Kiev " peace plan ", which, according to the Ukrainian authorities, will open the way to a peaceful resolution of the conflicts in Eastern Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reported. The head of Ukraine also said that Kyiv maintains an active dialogue on filling their gas underground storage without direct gas supplies from Russia. He said that Ukraine expects from a separate EU military-technical assistance. In addition, according to him, before the end of the current year Ukraine will receive from the EU loan to 510 million euros and 250 million euros as a non-refundable grant. The head of Ukraine also said that the head of the European Council Herman van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will visit Kiev in September with visits. Remember, at the end of June, the EU and Ukraine signed the economic part of the agreement. The political part was signed by the new Ukrainian authorities in March immediately after the February coup d'etat. To the treaties entered into force, they must be ratified by the national parliaments of the EU and the European Parliament. In the process of negotiations in Minsk, where he was attended by the leaders of the countries of the Customs Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan), the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and senior Authorised EU, it was agreed to intensify the work of the tripartite group on the implementation of the agreement on Ukraine's European integration. August 19, Deputy head of the presidential administration of Ukraine Valeriy Chaly said that the Association agreement between Ukraine and the EU will be ratified before the end of September.

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