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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11310

8 May 2015
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) ukraine
Malmström says FTA will not be postponed beyond 2016

Brussels, 07/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 7 May, European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström said on the sidelines of the European trade ministers' meeting in Brussels that the EU would not give in to Russia's demands to delay implementation further of the free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Ukraine. The agreement has already been postponed by 15 months - until 1 January 2016.

“The date is 1 January next year. It is not for Russia to decide”, Malmström stated,...

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