The European Commission holds out hope for a tripartite Ministerial meeting on 1 December in Brussels to reach an understanding with Russia in connection with the forthcoming entry into force of the Treaty on free trade between the EU and Ukraine, said a source close to the EU leadership.
"Preliminary use of the free trade agreement will start on 1 January 2016 ? the European Union in full force and constructively participates in tripartite negotiations on the implementation of the Treaty. We don't stop to look for practical solutions to the concerns expressed by the Federation, in order to reach a common understanding at the Ministerial level on 1 December 2015", - has declared RIA source " news ".
The interlocutor has reminded that the European Commission had made "many proposals" to resolve the issue." The EC expects that on their basis can be found a common understanding for Russian concerns ", ? he said. Remember, after tripartite consultations on Association of Ukraine with the EU, held in early October, Ulyukayev said that the Russian Federation is not satisfied with the EU's proposals. He later added that the Russian Federation in connection with the signing of the Treaty of unification of Ukraine and the EU is considering imposing relative to Kiev a number of measures, as well as among them food embargo. Russia believes that the introduction of free trade regime between Ukraine and the EU Under the current free trade regime between Ukraine and Russia will create rules for unregulated re-export to the Russian Federation European products, which could adversely affect domestic production in the absence of well-conceived and well-regulated free trade regime of the EU * Russia, Moscow at the moment to enter does not want. The trade Ministers of the EU on 27 November at a meeting in Brusselsestraat possible consequences for relations with Moscow and Kiev on the introduction of a free trade zone with Ukraine, from 1 January 2016. Thus, According to the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, the Russian leadership emphasized the setback in the negotiations on the consequences of the Association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament on 16 September 2014 ratified the Association agreement Kiev and Brussels, however, the use of the free trade agreement was delayed until 2016.

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