Poroshenko: Ukraine not to yield to Russia's blackmail concerning entry into force of FTA with EU

14:48, 02.12.2015 1 min read

Ukraine will not respond to Russia's blackmail in the matter of the entry into force of the agreement on the free trade area (FTA) with the EU on January 1, 2016, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.

"Neither Ukraine nor the EU will respond to any blackmail, we are resolute in our desire to put into force the agreement on the deep and comprehensive free trade area with the EU on January 1, 2016," the president said at a press conference after the talks with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite in Vilnius on Wednesday.

He recalled that on December 1, Brussels hosted the Ukraine-EU-Russia consultations with respect to the economic part of the association agreement. According to Poroshenko, Russia's position in these negotiations was "not constructive."