Ukraine commends EU step to secure association deal

The accord still needs to overcome reservations on the part of the Netherlands. "It is a necessary step to achieve our common goal – to secure the association agreement," Poroshenko said in a post on social media. He has called on the Netherlands to fulfil relevant procedures to ensure the agreement’s swift entry into force. “Provisional application of the agreement has already brought a number of positive results as recently acknowledged by the EU,” Poroshenko said.