Creation of free trade zone between ukraine and russia announced key target of tymoshenko's cabinet

22 February 2008
Published in NRCU

This was by aired by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at the Cabinet of Ministers' meeting today. She called the creation of a free trade zone without any restrictions between Ukraine and Russia as a guideline of her government's work.

Tymoshenko ordered the economy ministry to prepare documents for going over to relations with the Russian Federation according to the methods and principles of the World Trade Organization. "We have proposed to the Russian Federation that even before Russia's joining the WTO we would start forming relations practiced at that organization, observing all of its procedures, norms and regulations," she said stressing that it may become a priority of bilateral cooperation.