Kiev accused the Netherlands of irresponsibility due to its reluctance to ratify the agreement with Ukraine
The Ukrainian government expresses dissatisfaction with the fact that the Netherlands has not ratified the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement.
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The publication recalls that at the end of November last year, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko solemnly announced that all 28 EU countries had approved the European integration plan for Ukraine, but already in April of this year a referendum was held in the Netherlands, in which 61 percent of the country's residents who took part in the vote , recovered against the ratification of the association agreement with Ukraine.
At the same time, just the other day, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, speaking on this issue in parliament, сказалthat the Netherlands is unlikely to ignore the will of the people and is unlikely to ratify the agreement.
“This news caused outrage in Kyiv,” NG points out. – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze told reporters that the Dutch government “is not ready to take responsibility for its previous decision.” Recalling the low turnout at the referendum, she noted: “The results of the deliberative referendum, that is, the opinion of 20% of the Dutch population, are now taken into account.”
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