Lukashenko: TC tried to convince to accelerate the withdrawal risks
The leaders of the countries of the Customs Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) at the meeting with representatives of the EU and Ukraine in Minsk urged to accelerate the removal of the concerns that invokes the signing of Kyiv and Brussels Treaty of Union, which provides for the development of a free trade zone, said at a press conference following the meeting, the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
" in the field of trade and economic relations working group Ukraine-Russia-EU. We made a proposal to intensify this work, so that already by 12 September, the working group developed proposals for removing the concerns of the Customs Union, the Russian Federation, concerning the agreement on the unification of Ukraine with the European Union, " he said.
on 12 September the planned second Ministerial meeting of the Russia-Ukraine-EU on the implementation of the Treaty on the Union. The first Ministerial meeting on dannau issue took place in mid-July. At the same time, the parties have set the date for the next meeting and agreed that the experts will determine it, what risks can be removed at the Ministerial level, and which require a political solution.
Lukashenko said Russia's position on this issue: to settle disputes ought to Ukraine's ratification of the Treaty of Union with the EU.
the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin at the meeting of the Eurasian three " authorized Ukraine and the EU clarified that harm the Russian economy from the implementation of the Treaty of Kiev and Brussels can be more than 100 billion rubles, will be lost and Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Russia in this position cannot stand idle and will be forced to retaliate, eliminating preferences for imports from Ukraine, drew the attention of the President of Russia.
Key messages from the meeting of the heads of the countries of the Customs Union in Minsk with the participation of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and authorized by the European Commission -