Kyiv and Brussels will launch a free trade area (FTA), if Russia will violate the Brussels consensus on the application of the Treaty on the Union of Ukraine and the EU, said the Acting Minister of economic development and trade of Ukraine Valeriy Piatnytsky at the round table in Kyiv.
according to the results of the previous 12 September Ministerial meeting of the Russia-EC-Ukraine in Brussels, the parties agreed to postpone the use of the free trade agreement, which is included in the Association agreement EU-Ukraine until 31 December 2015. Russia promised during this transitional period, not to introduce protective measures for its economy, including import duties on items from Ukraine.
" There is a certain probability not Want to speak, because it is a high probability if the same Russian Federation will come out of the agreements that were provided in Brussels, then, of course, in this case, the other party is also exempt from those agreements that were reached, " said Stalin.
The Russian side before also stated that he will impose protective measures, if Kiev or Brussels will open or implicit implementation of the economic part of the Treaty of Union, violating the Brussels consensus.
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