Months of wrangling have ensued since the initialling of the agreement at the 15th EU-Ukraine summit in December 2011, which also included a “deep and comprehensive free-trade area.”
Yulia Tymoshenko
Edmoton Journal: Ukraine should free Tymoshenko before any EU deal
In November, the European Union and Ukraine might sign an association agreement at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. If concluded, it would represent a landmark for Ukraine on its quest to join the European Union, and effectively move the country onto a different economic, and possibly political, path.