Yatsenyuk: Trade with Crimea will be suspended in 30 days

 

Ukraine will suspend trade with Crimea in 30 days time, Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Wednesday, adding that restoring electricity to the peninsula will be a separate issue.

 

“In accordance with the decision by the cabinet, which will come into effect in 30 days … supplying goods, work, services to Crimea is banned”, – Yatsenyuk said in a government meeting. “As far as electricity is concerned, these supplies can be provided exclusively based on a decision by the Security and Defense Council”, – he said.