The law abolishing the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and Russia was published in the daily of the Verkhovna Rada on Friday, the Ukrainian parliament said.
KIEV (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th January, 2019) The law abolishing the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and Russia was published in the daily of the Verkhovna Rada on Friday, the Ukrainian parliament said.In December, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed the law to terminate the Treaty on Friendship with Russia starting from April 1, 2019.
"The law on the termination of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and Russia has been published in the 'Vedomosti of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine'," the press-service of the Ukrainian parliament said.
The friendship, cooperation and partnership treaty was signed in May, 1997. It is a key document governing bilateral relations and providing for a strategic partnership between the two countries.
Russia said Kiev's decision would further damage bilateral relations. Ukrainian opposition similarly condemned it as detrimental to Ukraine's national interests, saying the move would create a legal vacuum in the relations between the two countries.
