Poroshenko, Rutte coordinate efforts to speed up EU-Ukraine Association Agreement ratification

18:12, 30.09.2016 1 min read

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Israel have discussed the matter of the ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement.

"The two officials have coordinated efforts to speed up the ratification of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU," the Ukrainian president's press service reported on Friday.

They also discussed the preliminary results of the inquiry by the Joint Investigation Team JIT into the MH17 tragedy.

"Poroshenko and Rutte have emphasized the importance of completing the investigation and bringing the perpetrators to justice. In this context, the Dutch prime minister said that the Russian ambassador had been called to the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands," the report said.

For his part, Poroshenko spoke about the need to preserve unity among the EU countries for the continuation of sanction pressure on Russia until the full restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity.

In turn, Rutte noted the importance of prompt provision of the visa-free regime to Ukrainians.