Lavrov: Deals with Ukraine are mutually advantageous

Russia December 19, 2013, 17:40

WARSAW, December 19. /ITAR-TASS/. Agreements reached with Ukraine in Moscow recently are mutually advantageous, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here after talks with Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski on Thursday.

They are “mutually advantageous from the point of view of very close ties, ties of production cooperation between Russian and Ukrainian enterprises that make joint products,” the foreign minister said.

“We don’t want them to be broken as this will also affect Russian companies’ interests,” the foreign minister noted.

“The issue of what Ukraine will sign and whether it will sign anything must be directed to Ukraine itself,” he added.

Read more on the site →