Putin and Barroso discuss recent decision to postpone enforcement of Ukraine-EU Association Agreement

10:02, 16.09.2014 1 min read

Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso discussed a number of key topics on the Russia-European Union agenda over the phone on Monday evening, the Kremlin press service has reported.

The sides paid great attention to the practical implementation of an agreement, achieved during trilateral consultations in Brussels on September 12, to postpone the enforcement of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement until January 1, 2016.

Putin and Barroso also reiterated the importance of further dialogue on ways to ensure undisrupted shipments of Russian natural gas to Europe across Ukraine, the Kremlin press service said.

When exchanging opinions concerning the settlement of Ukraine's conflict, the Russian leader and the European Commission president underscored the need for the sides to strictly abide by the existing ceasefire, it said.