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© Voice of RussiaRussian Foreign Minister Sergei LAvrov
Before signing the political part of the Association Agreement with the EU, Kiev should have waited for the creation of a legitimate government, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

According to the minister, the signing of a document between Kiev and Brussels took place at a time when the new government in Ukraine has not yet been formed."

Presidential elections were announced, not on December, as it was stated in the agreement signed on 21 February but on the end of May, with constitutional reform needs to be held before the elections.

And it would probably have been more correct from all points of view, I would say, even more ethical towards their own people, to wait for a more legitimate situation in Kiev, in the authorities of Ukraine before signing any agreement on behalf of the whole state.

But, again, it is the choice of those who put their signatures under this agreement, or rather under some chapters from a larger document, " said Lavrov.

Voice of Russia, Interfax