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Friday 27 June 2014

Ukraine signs ‘historic’ free-trade deal with EU


Ukrainian separatist rebels have agreed to take part in further peace talks tomorrow to end the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko  hinted heavily that there would be no extension of a government ceasefire, which officially ends at 10pm tomorrow. Photograph: Gaetan Michel/EPA.Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko delivers his speech at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg yesterday. Photograph: AP Photo/Christian Lutz

THE IRISH TIMES  (Reuters/PA    First published: Fri, Jun 27, 2014, 09:36)

Georgia, Moldova sign similar agreements as Russia warns of ‘grave consqeuences
Ukraine signed a historic free-trade and political cooperation agreement with the European Union today that has been at the heart of the country’s political crisis, drawing an immediate threat of “grave consequences” from Russia.
Ex-USSR states Georgia and Moldova signed similar deals, which fall short of full EU membership but hold out the prospect of deep economic integration and unfettered access to the EU’s 500 million citizens. It signals a turning away from Russia and moving closer to the West.
“Over the last months, Ukraine paid the highest possible price to make her European dreams come true,” Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told EU leaders at a signing ceremony in Brussels.