Ukraine to start implementing Free Trade Area deal with EU despite Russia's stance - Foreign Minister

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that Ukraine is not going to abandon its plans to start the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.

"We have the agreement signed with the EU and we will start implementing it from January 1," he told reporters in Belgrade.

"Our position is to start realizing the agreement, while the position of Russia is to force us and the European Union to abandon it," Klimkin added.