Ukraine wants a free trade zone with Albania. What to trade is unclear
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze says that Ukraine is ready to consider the possibility of negotiations on a free trade zone with Albania, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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According to the press service of the Deputy Prime Minister, she stated this during a meeting with the Albanian Minister of State for Diaspora Affairs, Pandeli Majko.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Ukrainian side is ready to analyze the possibilities for concluding a free trade agreement within the framework of the bilateral Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation. In November 2017, the Albanian side handed over the draft regulations on such a commission to Ukraine for further processing.
“The Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation, work on the creation of which continues, should become a good basis for starting negotiations on the creation of a free trade zone between Ukraine and Albania,” the press service quotes Klympush-Tsintsadze as saying.
She also noted that Kyiv is also ready to resume the work of the Honorary Consulate of Ukraine in Tirana.
Ukraine Wants a Free Trade Zone with Albania. What to Trade Isn't Clear