The Agreement with the EU will be ratified by the current Parliament - Arseniy Yatsenyuk in an interview with Ukrainian TV channels

"The Association agreement with the EU will be ratified by the current Parliament in September. The Government has done everything in power in order not just to ratify the Agreement, but to implement it", - said the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Friday, August 22, in an interview with Ukrainian TV channels.

The PM noted that Russia was trying to slow down the process of ratification of the Agreement with the EU, saying that the Agreement hampers the Russian economy: "I think that the Russian economy is hampered only by the Russian military aggression and the regime they have today - as already hundreds of billions of dollars have gone down the drain from the Russian economy".

Arseniy Yatsenyuk reminded that several rounds of technical consultations on the Association Agreement with the EU, Ukraine and the Russian Federation had been held: "To every so-called Russian warning we have two ours which completely negate the Russian position. There are no grounds for Russia to raise a question about the alleged negative consequences of this deal for it."

"Everything is ready for ratification of the Agreement with the EU. The current Parliament in September will ratify the Agreement with the European Union", - said Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

 In its turn, the Ukrainian Government has spared no effort to ensure “not just ratification of the Agreement, but the implementation of it." Arseniy Yatsenyuk reminded that on June 21 the Cabinet of Ministers had decided to establish a system of implementation of the Agreement with the European Union. It set up the Government’s Office for European integration and introduced Deputy Ministers of European integration, who had been shortlisted through a public competition.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk noted that in certain ministries about 40 candidates had applied to the post of Deputy Ministers: "Young people, English speaking, with certain experience and who know what to do. These young people have now formed certain backbone of implementation of the Agreement."