Belarus President meets with Ukraine PM

7 октября 2013
Belarus doesn't see any problems in signing the Agreement with the European Union on association by Ukraine. This was stated today by President Alexander Lukashenko at the meeting with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolai Azarov. According to the Head of the Belarusian state, the rapprochement of Kiev and Brussels shall not be too politicized. The formula of further relations of the members of the Customs Union with Ukraine shall be found. The President of Belarus stressed that the Customs Union wants Ukraine to participate in all integration associations.

The commodity turnover of Ukraine with the members of the Customs Union amounts to about USD 65 billion. According to Nikolai Azarov, Kiev doesn't play off one against the other and is trying to find harmony in opportunities available for the development of the economy both on the West and East.