EU ministers urge Ukraine to stop bluffing on Tymoshenko


  • World
  • Tuesday, 22 Oct 2013

An image of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is displayed in a protest tent camp in central Kiev October 7, 2013. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KIEV (Reuters) - Two European Union ministers urged Ukraine on Tuesday to stop "bluffing" and reach a deal on the release of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

"The time for bluffing is over on both sides now. It's time for action," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said after he and Sweden's Carl Bildt met Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.

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