The EU has held out a promise of more financial aid for Ukraine, if it signs a trade pact. <br /><br />Serhiy Arbuzov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, has been to Brussels to seek assistance for the troubled nation.<br /><br />Enlargement Commissioner, Stefan Fuele, told a press conference he had offered a road map allowing Kyiv to work towards signing a deal. <br /><br />“We have agreed today that on the basis of a clear commitment of Ukraine to sign the association agreement, we will prepare a road map for implementation of the association agreement,” he said.<br /><br />After the press conference finished, Arbuzov spoke exclusively to euronews’ Brussels correspondent Andrei Beketov.<br /><br />Arbuzov said his country wants to be closer to the EU, and isn’t looking for a deal with Russia<br /><br />“Our strategic task today is integrating with the EU,” he confirmed. “I am here for everybody to understand this position. I am not working on integrating with other organisations and unions”<br /><br />Andrei Beketov then moved on to the economic problems
