Ukraine, the European Union And Russia for consultations at the Ministerial level on the implementation of the Treaty on the unity between Ukraine and the EU regarding the establishment of a free trade area (FTA) agreed that the text of the relevant Treaty change will not, and the free trade zone will be introduced early next year, said foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.

on the first day of the week Klimkin took part in held in Brussels tripartite consultations Ukraine-EU-RF on the implementation of the Treaty on the unity of Ukraine-EU free trade area.

"we had a tripartite meeting. They are the result reached in Minsk between the presidents of France, Ukraine And Russia And the German Chancellor agreed. The main result of these consultations, for me, is a clear understanding, as well as among them from the Russian Side that the text of the agreement can not be amended And that will not transfer in time to full implementation of the FTA between Ukraine And EU ", - said Klimkin.

He drew attention that the Russian side does not put forward objections to the port 2 of these fundamental provisions."

We agreed on a short message at the same time, an instruction for our experts, who will talk in the near future only on the practical aspects of customs administration, technical barriers to trade And sanitary And phytosanitary measures. These meetings will take place in Accordance with the present tripartite political decision. And the results will again be meeting at the Ministerial level, But the date until not defined. But from a political point of view, all the accents are, And the work is conducted at the expert level regarding the three mentioned spheres ", - said Klimkin.

the question of the implementation of the Treaty on the unity is a key in relations between Ukraine And the EU. Kiev has developed a plan whereby the adaptation of European laws to the Ukrainian should be completed by 2017. The parties also engaged in dialogues about the launch of the FTA in 2016. The problem lies in the concerns of the Russian Federation the coming into operation of certain provisions of the FTA related to fears of an influx of duty free items from the EU through Ukraine. Kiev And the EU are trying to reach a consensus with the Russian side on the issue.

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