EU and Ukraine will continue consultations with Russia after the ratification of the Association

Negotiations to minimize the negative impact of free trade between Ukraine and the EU on Russia's economy may be continued after the ratification of the Association Agreement, to be held next week. 

"On Friday 12 of September there will be another round of negotiations of the EU Ukraine and Russia. We do not expect any results from it and are ready to continue negotiations. Most important thing - we are a sovereign country, and thus the third party can not affect our plans to ratify bilateral agreement. Therefore ratification of the Association Agreement will take place, as it was announced next week"- said European officials.