MOSCOW, September 15 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is ready to fulfill all its obligations to the European Union and Kiev over Ukraine’s association with the EU, but the agreements need to be turned into a legal act first, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday.
“Naturally, we are ready to observe these agreements if they are properly sealed. A simple written statement is insufficient in this case. Obligations should somehow be created for the parties concerned,” he said.
The ministers of Russia, Ukraine and the European Union agreed at a the three-party ministerial meeting Friday that Kiev's free trade pact should enter force no earlier than December 31, 2015.
The Russian prime minister said that if the agreements are violated by Ukraine or the European Union, Russia will put into practice all planned protective measures, including the cancellation of the preferential trade regime for Ukraine.
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