The EU Commissioner for Enlargement Štefan Füle has announced on Twitter that negotiations with Ukraine on a trade pact have halted.<br /><br />Referring to the country’s government, led by President Victor Yanukovych, Füle tweeted: “Words & deeds of President &government regarding#AssocAgreement further&further apart.Their arguments have no grounds in reality.”<br /><br />Ukraine u-turned on its long-planned Association Agreement with the EU last month, shortly before it was due to be signed.<br /><br />The government said the country could not afford to sacrifice trade with Russia by going ahead.<br /><br />The decision has sparked weeks of mass demonstrations in Kyiv, in which hundreds of thousands of people have taken part.
