EU-Ukraine

‘Brussels and Kiev ratify association agreement’

Published on 17 September 2014 at 08:05

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On 16 September the European and Ukrainian Parliaments simultaneously ratified on a large majority the EU-Ukraine association agreement, reports Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
The agreement’s economic part will come into force in 2016, specifies the German daily, according to which before then —

the parties will have to find a solution to the Russian government’s objections to the agreement or face new conflicts.

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