The European Union yesterday (12 September) said that it would delay the application of a trade agreement with Ukraine until the end of 2015, in a move intended to bolster the chances of Russia agreeing to a comprehensive peace deal to end the war in eastern Ukraine.
The decision was announced by the European Commission hours after a meeting between the EU’s commissioner for trade and ministers from Russia and Ukraine. The announcement came under the shadow of a threat from Russia to end Ukraine’s privileged access to its traditional markets in post-Soviet states if it pressed ahead with the EU …read more
Source: European Voice
