Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has said this is “one of the most historic days,” ahead of signing a long-awaited free trade agreement with the European Union.
Poroshenko spoke to reporters in Brussels Friday ahead of the signing of the agreement, which was the trigger for last year’s political upheaval that led to the ouster of pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych and, later, Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.
He said Ukraine will use this opportunity to modernize and called the accord a demonstration of EU solidarity.
Two other former Soviet republics, Georgia and Moldova, are also signing free trade accords with the EU Friday, …read more
Source: Voice of America
