Après plusieurs voyages du premier ministre Topolánek à Kiev et à Moscou et des négociations difficiles avec le président Ioutchenko et le premier ministre Timochenko, d’une part, et le premier ministre Poutine, d’autre part, l’accord a finalement été signé le 12 janvier.
After several trips by Prime Minister Topolánek to Kiev and Moscow and difficult negotiations with President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko and also Prime Minister Putin in Moscow, the agreement was eventually signed on 12 January and created a legal basis for the deployment of the monitors, and asked for the resumption of Russian gas supplies to the EU.