The agreement on free trade area between Ukraine and the EU will begin January 1, 2016 and no third country, such as Russia, should not affect its action, said on Thursday Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The FTA between Ukraine and the EU, the introduction of which is stipulated by the agreement on unity, must earn in full on 1 January of the following year. Russia repeatedly warned about the risks to their economies from the Treaty. It is planned that the next expert meeting on Association Ukraine-EU will take place at the end of November or in early winter 2015.

"the Association agreement with the EU is obliged to come into force on 1 January 2016. The agreement between Ukraine and the EU, for this reason, no third country should have the right to affect the policy. I am saying the most important thing about Russia, " said Yatsenyuk in a joint briefing with the Prime Minister presiding in the EU of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel.

Russia is concerned with the introduction from 1 January 2016 in the provisions of the FTA and fears of an influx of duty free items from the EU through Ukraine. Kiev and the EU try to come to a compromise with the Russian side.

first Chapter the Ministry of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev said that the Russian Federation insists on signing EU-Ukraine legally binding instrument on the lifting of the economic risks the Russian Federation of their associations, but as long as sees from the partners "rather negative" signals. He confirmed Russia's intention in the absence of agreements from 1 January 2016 to cancel Ukraine's preferential trade regime and to enter predamage.

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