Ukraine will abide by the "fettering" gas agreements, signed with Russia in early 2009, even though it is seeking their revision, the Ukrainian government's spokesman Vitaliy Lukyanenko told Interfax-Ukraine.
"The Ukrainian prime minister said firmly and consistently that, even though he deems the agreements fettering and going against Ukraine’s strategic interests, Ukraine will honestly abide by all points and positions of the agreement until the moment when we persuade our partners to revise these unfair terms and until we sign a new agreements," he said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview with the Euronews television channel in Yaroslavl, accused Ukraine of attempting to violate the agreement.
"When our colleagues and partners, the President of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine tell us: "This agreement is unfair, it is the work of the devil and we will not execute it" – that is just outrageous! All contracts must be executed until they are terminated legally through the court or revoked by the parties," he said.
"And I hope that our partners, our Ukrainian friends will abide by the framework agreement concluded in 2009 equally strictly and meticulously," the Russian president said.
