Ulyukaev: Russia will take protective measures if you do not find understanding in the EC to Ukraine
Russia will take protective measures if you do not find in the Commission's understanding of the problem changes to the agreement on the unity of the European Union and Ukraine, said the Minister of economic development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev. " Many times we have said that, or We find understanding and solving the questions, and if not, We take protective measures to which our colleagues were also informed, " he said to correspondents ' questions about the position of Russia in connection with the refusal of the Commission to discuss any amendments to the agreement on the unity of the EU - Ukraine and its applications, RIA " Novosti ". On Thursday authorized the press service of the EC Peter Stano said that the European Commission does not want to discuss amendments to the agreement on the unity of the EU-Ukraine. On Wednesday the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin also said that Ukraine will not change the text of the Treaty of Union with the European Union. 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. 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.