Putin says EU-Ukraine ties 'welcome' - German source - World | The Star Online:
"Russian President Vladimir Putin told Germany's visiting foreign minister on Friday he would welcome closer economic ties between the Europe Union and Ukraine, a German source said.
"Putin said steps towards economic convergence between the EU and Ukraine were welcome," said a source in the delegation of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who met Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday.
Putin's reported remarks to Steinmeier would appear to contrast Lavrov's comment in a joint news conference with Steinmeier that the EU wanted to create a "sphere of influence" by pressing Ukraine to forge closer ties with Europe."
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