REUTERS
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine plans to complete in 2016 the negotiations with Turkey on a free trade area (FTA) and to conclude a relevant agreement, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said at a cabinet meeting Wednesday.
"We have to find common ground with our Turkish friends so that we could sign an FTA [agreement] this year," Yatsenyuk said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine will send a trade mission to Turkey in the second half of 2016, as well as intensify the negotiations on a free trade area between the two countries.
Read alsoUkraine, Turkey to resume free trade zone talks in MarchEarlier, Ukraine and Turkey reiterated their commitment to expand and deepen economic and trade relations in the framework of the strategic partnership and the conclusion of a balanced and mutually advantageous agreement on a free trade area, and set the next steps for the organization of the negotiation process.
Export of goods from Ukraine to Turkey amounted to $2.1 billion in January-September 2015, while imports from Turkey to Ukraine in the same period amounted to $0.6 billion.