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Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine: Kiev and Ottawa will sign free trade agreement this summer
Ukraine and Canada expect to complete all negotiations this summer for their free trade zone agreement. According to a UNIAN correspondent, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Roman Waschuk said this during a briefing.
"We are hoping that we will be able to do everything [to complete the negotiation process] by this summer,” the Ambassador said. He stressed that the two governments are doing everything to ensure that all procedures have been completed. …
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IMF says it is ready to help Ukraine implement reforms
Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman and the Director of the IMF's European Department, Poul Thomsen, discussed the further cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF.
"At hard times like this, support is of utmost importance for Ukraine, especially the support of the IMF. But we also consider our cooperation as an opportunity to implement structural reforms which will make it possible to transform Ukraine from a post-Soviet state into a modern European country," Groysman stated during the …
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Steinmeier: the Minsk Agreements are being implemented at a snail’s pace
The head of the German Foreign Ministry believes that the diplomatic efforts of France and Germany were instrumental in prevention of a war in Europe.
At the same time the progress in the implementation of the Minsk Agreements is comparable to a snail's pace. According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Germany, this was stated by the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the eve of the twelfth meeting of the Normandy Four.
Steinmeier fears that the work on the …
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Ukraine and China outline steps necessary to simplify visa regime
In the course of consultations in Kiev, heads of the consular services of Ukraine and China have agreed on a number of steps to simplify a mutual travel regime for the citizens of the two countries.
According to the Facebook post of the Department of Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the ministry held top-level consular talks with China. The event was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, the …
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US law firm to defend Ukraine in dispute with Russia over assets in Crimea
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hired the U.S. law firm Covington & Burling for $3.676 million to the protect Ukraine's interests in the international arbitration dispute with Russia over the annexation of the Crimea. The company has a reputation for successfully protecting clients' interests at various levels against the Russian Federation.
The contract with Covington & Burling was signed on May 5th. The term of the provision of legal services lasts until December 31, 2016.
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