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Putin Urges 'Reasonable Flexibility' in Talks with Ukraine on European Integration

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The Russian government should seek compromises and show flexibility in talks on Ukraine-EU association pact, but must do it to a reasonable extent, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

Updated 22:46 (MSK)

MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government should seek compromises and show flexibility in talks on Ukraine-EU association pact, but must do it to a reasonable extent, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

"Let's hope that some compromises at the ministerial level could be reached that could be acceptable to all participants of this process – the European Union, Ukraine and Russia,” Putin said at a meeting with Cabinet members.

“In any case, I would like to ask you to search for these compromises and demonstrate certain flexibility…to certain limits that we should not step over, considering the interests of our producers, our economy,” the president emphasized.

Earlier today, the press service of Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development reported that Russia’s Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, the European Commissioner for Trade Karel de Guсht and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin will have a trilateral meeting in Brussels to discuss the possibility of changes to be made in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in order to minimize the earlier identified risks for the Russian Federation from the implementation of the agreement.

The three parties already met in July and agreed to launch a consultation mechanism, aimed at creating more favorable conditions for trade and economic relations.

The political provisions of the association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union were signed back in March, after ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovitch was ousted and the new interim government came to power.

The economic part of the agreement was signed by current Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in June.

Moscow has repeatedly stated that the implementation of the agreement carries economic risk for Russian-Ukrainian relations.

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