Nemyria: Enhanced agreement with EU will be signed in 2009-2010

An enhanced agreement between Ukraine and the EU will be signed in 2009-2010, Vice Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria told Biznes newspaper. Cabinet's press service reports.

According to him, establishment of a free trade area with the EU on the basis of Ukraine's WTO membership will be a key component of the new agreement. He believes harmonization of the regulatory frameworks will be the toughest challenge within this process.

The vice premier also disclosed that the Cabinet of Ministers will set up a National Agency for European Integration with a view to coordinating the state's relevant policies.

Ukraine and the EU agreed to extend their current Action Plan, which was originally meant for 2005-2007, on to 2008 in view of the drafting of the enhanced agreement.