German President Joachim Gauck holds files as he poses for the media during a photocall in his workroom at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin May 6, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - German President Joachim Gauck said on Wednesday he expected to see progress towards the release of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, whose detention in prison threatens to derail a free trade deal between Ukraine and Brussels.
"We have been speaking about the necessity of progress in the case of Yulia Tymoshenko and I believe that we will witness actions that will satisfy us," Gauck said after meeting Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich at a conference in Poland.
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