Interfax: Ukraine to resume association agreement talks with EU in early 2014 – foreign minister

KYIV. Dec 25 (Interfax) – Ukraine will resume negotiations with the European Union on signing an association agreement after the New Year’s holidays, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said.

“Two rounds of the negotiations have already taken place in Brussels. As you know, the Christmas and New Year’s political holidays begin in Europe today, and Ukraine will resume the negotiations on this agreement after the holidays,” Kozhara said at a press conference on Tuesday.

“The body text of the association agreement itself is not subject to revision,” and Kyiv intends to focus attention on some points concerning its implementation, he said.

The Ukrainian government is working to determine the aspects that “could allow for the agreement’s implementation and the preservation of the country’s national interests,” he said.