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Euronews: EU and Ukraine pledge to deepen relations, call on Russia to respect peace deal

Published Oct. 7, 2020 at 12:30 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference with the European Council president at the end of an EU-Ukraine Summit at the European Council in Brussels on Oct. 6, 2020.

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The European Union and Ukraine pledged on Tuesday to deepen their relations with the bloc calling on Russia to respect the peace agreement over Crimea. “The EU is — and will remain — Ukraine’s biggest and most reliable partner,” European Council president Charles Michel said after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Brussels.