Malmstr?m: meeting of Ministers of the EC, the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the FTA will be held in may
Vladimir Dobrovolsky. Trilateral Ministerial meeting on the implementation of the Treaty on the unity and the free trade area between the EU and Ukraine will take place in may, But the EC is not going to change the date of entry into force of the trade section, said European Commissioner for trade Cecilia malmstr?m.
"It was a clear message to member countries of the EU, Ukrainians, the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker at the conference last week said that the date of entry into force - 1 January 2016. We wish to speak about the practical obstacles with the Russians, We do this later this month will host a Ministerial meeting to discover a practical solution. But the date is January 1 next year, " said malmstr?m correspondents, answering the question, - whether the new postponement of the date of entry into force of the trade section of the agreement on unity.
first, Russia's permanent representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that Russia is ready to continue to discuss the postponement of the entry into force of the trade section of the agreement between the EU and Ukraine, if Ukraine and the European Commission will be able to return to this issue. The entry into force of this section in the past year has Been postponed until 1 January 2016.
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