EU's Van Rompuy says Georgia, Moldova to sign EU pact next month


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 May 2014

TBILISI (Reuters) - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Wednesday that Georgia and Moldova would sign an EU Association Agreement next month, despite Russian disapproval of former Soviet republics moving closer to the West.

Russia intervened in Ukraine in March, seizing and annexing its Russian-majority Crimea region, after protesters overthrew Kiev's Moscow-backed president who had rejected closer EU ties.

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