REUTERS
Russia has put forward demands for Ukraine to delay for ten years the introduction of EU-required phytosanitary and technical standards, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
“Russia does not want the DCFTA to enter into force, while Russia’s arguments do not hold water,” said Yatsenyuk at a government meeting following a thirteenth round of Ukraine-European Commission-Russia ministerial and technical consultations held in Brussels on Monday.
Yesterday Russia put forward the conditions on a delay for ten years of the introduction of phytosanitary and technical standards which meet the EU requirements,” said Yatsenyuk. “And I want to be clear: Ukraine will not postpone the introduction of technical and phytosanitary standards as defined by the Ukraine-EU DCFTA."
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