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Reuters: European Union signs landmark association agreement with Ukraine

Published March 21, 2014 at 11:46 am

European Council president Herman Van Rompuy (R) exchanges documents with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk during the signing of the political provisions of the Association Agreement with Ukraine at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 21, 2014 on the second day of a two-day European Council summit. Yatsenyuk put his country firmly in the Western camp, signing the political provisions of a landmark association accord with EU leaders in defiance of Russia.

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BRUSSELS — The European Union and Ukraine's interim government signed a political association agreement on Friday, committing to the same deal former president Viktor Yanukovich rejected last November, a move that lead to his overthrow.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk arrives at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 21, 2014 on the second day of a two-day European Council summit. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET

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