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Ukraine’s association with EU to be beneficial for Russia, Kozhara sure

Ukraine’s association with EU to be beneficial for Russia, Kozhara sure
Ukrainian foreign minister Leonid Kozhara is confident that Ukraine's association with the EU will have a positive effect, including for Russia, he said at a meeting of the subcommittee for international cooperation of the Russian-Ukrainian interstate commission in Rostov-on-Don on Monday.

"We offered our Russian colleagues to set up an expert group between Russia, Ukraine and the EU in order to analyze in a spirit of openness the possible consequences of association for Ukraine," he said, Interfax-Ukraine informed.

"Association with the EU and the signing of a free trade agreement will have a positive effect, including for Russia and our colleagues in the Customs Union and the CIS," he added.