MOSCOW, may 26 - RIA Novosti/Prime. Russia, the EU gave an invitation to spend 2 June trilateral expert meeting in Brussels on Association of Ukraine and the EU, told reporters 1st Deputy head of the Ministry of economic development Alexey Likhachev.

"We have accepted the invitation from the European side to hold a pre-examination meeting in the district on June 2. It's safe to say, is unknown to us as long as the reaction of the Ukrainians, We are ready for the upcoming week to participate in such consultations, " said correspondents Likhachev.

He added that the meeting will be held in Brussels.

"We proceed from the fact that the last meeting at the Ministerial level, in principle, represent a step forward, reached consensus to take practical steps to minimize, respectively, for the Russian Federation (risks) in a number of areas," - said Likhachev.

"I wish to stress that the Russian side is aware of these consensus as the adoption of certain mutually binding legal structures in these areas. That is, We are in the process of this consultation to discuss these legal structures and actively work on them the whole June to July draft decisions already to stand on the court of Ministers ", - said Likhachev.

first foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that the Russian Federation has no objection to the full implementation of the agreement on the FTA between Ukraine and the European Union from 1 January 2016, however trilateral meeting in the format EU - Ukraine - Russia will continue.


Among the goals of the Treaty on the unity between Ukraine and the EU: the development Association, a gradual rapprochement between Ukraine and the EU based on common values, deepening economic and trade relations, strengthening cooperation in the field of justice, freedom and security.

the priority is the economic component. Careful attention is paid to the regulations of the free trade area between Ukraine and the EU (FTA), which should provide gradual integration of the Ukrainian economy into the EU internal market. Part of the agreement addresses issues of establishing the principles of cooperation in several sectors: energy, industrial policy and entrepreneurship, taxation, tourism and others. Also defined the mechanism and path for Ukraine to obtain financial assistance from the EU. The entire contract consists of more than 1000 pages, and its structure consists of a preamble, seven parts, 43 annexes and three protocols. Priority is given to economic aspects of the Treaty. Read more about them and about how the dialogues on this issue, read

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