Ukraine leader says on course for E.U. deals, stalls on Tymoshenko


  • World
  • Friday, 20 Sep 2013

YALTA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's president said on Friday he was trying to resolve a standoff over jailed opponent Yulia Tymoshenko, whom European leaders want freed before a landmark summit, but that no decision had been made.

President Viktor Yanukovich, speaking at a gathering of European leaders and officials in Crimea, said his ex-Soviet republic remained on course to sign key agreements with the European Union at a November summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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