M. Azarov commissions interdepartmental panel to elaborate negotiating capacities of Ukraine for the talks with the EU

posted 15 January 2014 11:32

The Prime Miister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov has commissioned the interdepartmental group led by Vice Prime Minister Yuriy Boyko in a two-months’ term to elaborate the negotiating capacities of Ukraine with regards to the conditions of implementation of the Association Agreement and Free Trade Area with the European Union.  

The Head of Government stated during a Government’s session on January 15, 2014.

“I commission the interdepartmental panel led by the Vice Prime Minister Yuriy Boyko, basing on the conducted analysis, in the course of not more than two months to elaborate detailed positions of Ukraine regarding conditions of implemetation of the Association Agreement,” Mykola Azarov declared.

The Prime Minister noted that the Cabinet of Ministers had completed modeling of practical scenarios of action of FTA with the European Union. Various meetings with representatives of different areas of industry and agrarian sector were devoted to this issue. “That’s preliminary sector analysis of risks existing for the national economy under these conditions has been carried out. It leads to certain conclusions concerning which conditions of implementation of the Agreement we have to agree with the European partners about,” Mykola Azarov stressed.

In his opening statement the Head of the Government dwelled on separate aspects of the problem relating practically every branch of the national industry.

According to him, an issue of coordination of the conditions to implement the Association Agreement and FTA with the EU is of extreme weight for Ukraine, as the topics of filling the budget and economic development of our country are directly connected with our economic interests in the European direction.