President: Ukraine will develop close partnership with Customs Union this year
2013-01-04 12:08:58
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he is committed to developing close cooperation with the Customs Union in 2013.
He said this in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine newspaper.
"Our country will also develop close partnership with the Customs Union and other regional organizations," Yanukovych said, when asked to name his expectations for this year.
The president added that a key task for the authorities in foreign policy was to successfully and honorably hold Ukraine's presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
"I also hope that the year 2013 will be the year of the signing of the association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, and there are all conditions for this," he said.