Poroshenko thanked the Dutch Parliament for a vote on ratification of the Agreement EU-Ukraine
The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko welcomed the decision of the lower house of the Dutch Parliament to vote favorably on ratification of the Agreement EU-Ukraine.
He said this on Twitter.
Welcome the decision of the Lower house of the Parliament of the Netherlands
with regard to the ratification of the Association Agreement EU-Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/14v2lzS8nj
— Petro Poroshenko (@poroshenko) 23 Feb 2017
Thanks to Mark Rutte and the parliamentary majority for the foresight and support of mutually beneficial project!
Expected the decision of the Senate.
— Petro Poroshenko (@poroshenko) 23 Feb 2017
“I welcome the decision of the Lower house of the Parliament of the Netherlands on the ratification of the Association Agreement EU-Ukraine”, – said the head of state.
“Thanks to Mark Rutte and the parliamentary majority for the foresight and support of mutually beneficial project! The expected decision of the Senate”, – said Poroshenko.
We will remind,in the lower house of the Dutch Parliament of 1 February, has submitted a legislative proposalcontaining recommendation to adopt a law which ratified the Association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union.
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The Dutch Parliament began debate on the ratification of the Association Agreement EU-Ukraine
Last year the Dutch voted against the agreement on Association of Ukraine with the EU. Then the NYT reported that one of the opponents of ratification of this agreement was left of the Dutch MP Harry van Bommel, who for campaigning at various events and in the media used a group of Russian pseudo-Ukrainians.