Medvedev not worried by Ukraine's possible European integration
SKOLKOVO, Moscow region. May 18 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian leadership should decide sooner or later with which countries it would like to develop close and strategic relations, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.
"I am absolutely not worried about Ukraine's European integration. After all, this is a sovereign country, and it is up to you to choose where to integrate. Go to the European Union if you want to and if you are welcome there, or go to other places if you wish," Medvedev said at a press conference on Wednesday.
"The only thing I can say for sure is that if Ukraine, for instance, chooses the European path, it will certainly find it harder to reach some solutions within the framework of the common economic area and the Customs Union composed of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, because this is a different integration association," he said.
"Well, you can't be everywhere. Either here or there. You can't sit on two stools at once, you have to make choices," he said.
