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REPORT: Ukraine Agrees To Sign EU Trade Deal

Dec 13, 2013, 00:05 IST

Following weeks of sometimes violent protests, reports suggest that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will reverse his U-turn on a trade deal with the European Union.

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CNBC has reports that Ukraine will sign an E.U. trade deal "soon":

Earlier in the day, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton - currently in Kyiv for talks with Ukraine - told reporters she believed "made it clear to me that he intends to sign the association agreement."

The trade deal is widely seen as a precursor to possible E.U. membership, and Yanukovych's unexpected rejection of the deal last month was seen as part of a new policy to looks towards Russia and its proposed "Eurasian Union."

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