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What did Kyiv and Ankara agree on aviation?
Summary
A look back at an aviation agreement between Ukraine and Turkey, signed alongside two other regional developments.
What did Ukraine and Turkey agree on 4 April 2018? The two countries signed an agreement aimed at improving co-operation in aviation.
The signing came a day after two other developments in Ukraine and its neighbourhood, dated 3 April 2018.
Kyiv: activists and e-declarations
On 3 April 2018, the Verkhovna Rada rejected two bills that proposed abolishing electronic asset declarations for civic activists: presidential bill No. 6674 and bill No. 6271, tabled by deputies. Both proposals were voted down.
Riga and Moscow: a language dispute
Also on 3 April 2018, Russian MPs called for sanctions against Latvia. They were responding to plans to make Latvian mandatory for all students in the country's secondary schools. Latvia's population is a quarter ethnic Russian.
Taken together
The three items were distinct in subject: one an aviation accord between Kyiv and Ankara, one a parliamentary vote on transparency rules in Ukraine, and one a language-policy dispute between Latvia and Russian lawmakers. Each is a marker of how varied the regional agenda was in early April 2018.
