Government ready through public technical consultations to discuss how European quality of commodities poses threat to the RF

“Statements of the leadership of Russia on closing of the Russian market for Ukrainian origin goods, in case Ukraine signs the economic section of the Agreement with the European Union, have no economic grounds,” the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk emphasized during a session of the Government on Wednesday, June 25.  

“As always, Russia nervously reacts to European integration of Ukraine,” he said.

The Head of Government reminded the position of Russia in 2005 when Ukraine was entering the World Trade Organization: “The same phrases, the same quotations were heard from the Russian side – all for not affording Ukraine to enter the World Trade Organization. At this, Russia itself was running a race targeting to be the first to achieve the WTO membership”.

“In order to remove all reservations in this issue we are ready to hold public technical consultations on implementation of the Agreement. Let afford the Russians to tell what are their risks,” he emphasized.   

“We wish to understand how European quality of goods threatens our northern neighbours. In fact, there are European goods on their shelves and European cars also travel along their roads,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk said.

The Head of Government urged the need to prepare by Ukraine “certain measures to adequately response to any possible attempts of the Russian Federation to violate the Free Trade Area Agreement between Ukraine and the CIS”.