Dutch government seeks more time for solution on Ukraine-EU treaty impasse

Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives at the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government sought more time on Monday to find a way to avoid having to revoke the country's support for a partnership agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, the foreign minister said in a letter to parliament.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte had said he would have to submit a bill revoking its support for the political, trade and security partnership by midnight on Monday - following a referendum in April in which Dutch voters overwhelmingly rejected the agreement.