NEWSLINK: Incoming Ukrainian President Poroshenko Requests Time on EU Deal; Officials See No Sign He Is Stalling on Agreement

Petro Poroshenko file photo, with additional men in background, adapted from image at state.gov

[“Incoming Ukrainian President Poroshenko Requests Time on EU Deal; Officials See No Sign He Is Stalling on Agreement” –  Wall Street Journal – Laurence Norman – May 28, 2014]

The Wall Street Journal covers the future of relations between Ukraine and the EU in the aftermath of the Ukrainian presidential election:

The winner of Sunday’s presidential election in Ukraine has told senior European Union leaders he wants some time before committing to a major economic and political deal with the bloc ….

Officials say they have seen no evidence that … Poroshenko is wavering on the agreement, and they still expect him to finalize the deal over the next couple of months. But they say the chocolate billionaire has sent the message that he will approach the Europeans when he is ready.

The bilateral deal would transform Ukraine’s ties with the EU and has been central to the country’s crisis over most of the past year. … Putin bitterly opposes the accords, and Moscow has threatened economic retaliation against the former Soviet countries that sign deals with the EU.

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