By Maarten van Tartwijk

AMSTERDAM--Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday made a final plea to parliament to support ratification of a European Union trade pact with Ukraine, warning a rejection could fuel geopolitical instability and send the wrong signal to Russia.

"I'm calling on the forces of reason to support it," he said at a news conference. "This pact is bigger than the Netherlands alone."

Mr. Rutte is making a last-ditch effort to persuade lawmakers that he is responding to concerns of voters about the Ukraine deal, which was rejected in an April referendum. Parliament has pressed him to present a plan before Nov. 1.

In talks with the EU and Ukraine, the Netherlands has raised the idea of a number of "legally binding declarations" that would address those concerns, Mr. Rutte said.

But if the proposals continue to be rejected by a majority of lawmakers, the government will send a bill to parliament on Monday to undo ratification, Mr. Rutte said.

Write to Maarten van Tartwijk at laurence.norman@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 28, 2016 09:10 ET (13:10 GMT)