Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Russian trade with Ukraine would not be severed if Ukraine signs an agreement next month with the European Union, but he said the current free trade conditions would not apply if the country moves closer to the West.
Lavrov made his comments following a meeting with his Ukrainian
counterpart in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, exactly one month
before Kyiv is expected to sign a landmark association deal with the EU
despite opposition from its eastern neighbor.
