Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov gestures during a session of the parliament in Kiev April 19, 2013. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine formally gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for landmark trade deals to be signed with the European Union, disregarding pressure from Moscow for Kiev to halt its westward course.
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said the agreements, that should be signed at a November summit in Lithuania, raised the prospect of "a European quality of life" for the ex-Soviet republic. But he kept silent over the imprisonment of his predecessor, Yulia Tymoshenko, whose release European envoys have been trying to secure in the run-up to the Vilnius meeting.
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