(From left) European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy pose as they attend a European Union Summit held at the EU Council building in Brussels on Friday. Poroshenko said the signing of an association accord on Friday with the EU marked a “historic day” that offered his ex-Soviet country a fresh start after years of political instability. AFP PHOTO
BRUSSELS: Ukraine’s new Western-backed president on Friday signed a landmark European Union (EU) pact whose rejection by his pro-Moscow predecessor plunged the ex-Soviet country into turmoil and sent East-West relations to their lowest level since the Cold War.