Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday signed a law terminating the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership with Russia. Verkhovna Rada, the Parliament, upheld the president’s decision not to extend the Treaty on December 6. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry had already notified the Russian Foreign Ministry in late September that the document would be terminated on April 1, 2019. Poroshenko wrote on Facebook that the decision not to extend the treaty “should be considered not just as an episode but as part of our strategy to finally break with our colonial past and pivot towards Europe.” He sees “visa-free travels, the Ukraine-EU Association agreement and a tomos of autocephaly for the Ukrainian Church” as parts of this strategy, as well as the country’s withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Source : RT - Daily news
Ukraine’s Poroshenko signs law terminating Friendship Treaty with Russia
Ukraine’s Poroshenko signs law terminating Friendship Treaty with Russia
