Vladimir Groysman
dubbed the issue of traffic to/from Russia as "sensitive"
KIEV, July 13.
/TASS/. Ukraine cannot cut off rail connection with Russia due to transit
commitments to the European Union, Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman
said on Saturday.
"We merely
cannot instantaneously sever traffic between Ukraine and Russia, including rail
one, when transit goods are moved into the European Union, as we have assumed
international commitments to the EU, including the Association Agreement,"
the prime minister said aired by the Ukrainian television channel Nash.
Groysman dubbed the
issue of traffic to/from Russia as "sensitive." However, he added
that flights to Russia were not supposed to be resumed, since Russia is an
adversary, according to the Ukrainian prime minister.
Ukrainian
Infrastructure Minister Vladimir Omelyan said in early August 2018 that the
country had plans to stop train traffic to/from Russia. Later, Omelyan
explained that the Infrastructure Ministry was planning to stop passenger rail
traffic from Russia, while freight rail traffic would not be affected.
In 2018, Ukrainian
Railways company cancelled direct trains running between Ivano-Frankovsk,
Chernovtsy, Kremenchug and Chernigov and Russian cities. The Kiev-Moscow train
connection generated the highest revenues for the Ukrainian Railways.
Source: ITAR-TASS
14-07-2019
