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FM: CIS is no longer a threat to Ukraine's sovereignty
27.12.2011 19:32 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Intensification of cooperation between Ukraine and the CIS is a significant achievement of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry in 2011, Oleh Voloshyn, Director of Information Policy Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, told end-of-year press conference in Kyiv Tuesday, according to UKRINFORM.
«The main thing is that we no longer consider the very cooperation as some kind of a threat to Ukraines sovereignty. On the contrary, the Organization is put into the active arsenal of Ukrainian policy on the post-Soviet space,» he said, summing up the activities of the Foreign Ministry in 2011.
According to Voloshyn, the Organization is beneficial for Ukraine. «We use this particular platform [CIS ed.] in order to advance our interests. If a free trade area (FTA) with CIS starts working, it first and foremost will be a win for domestic companies,» the diplomat emphasized.
Voloshyn added that a FTA with the CIS «in no way contradicts the creation of a FTA with the European Union».
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