KIEV, Sept. 26 – Ukraine hopes to sign an agreement on a free trade area between the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States in October, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Kliuyev said.

He said that it had been decided to complete remarks to the text of the agreement in a short time in order to submit it for the next meeting of the CIS Council of the Heads of Government, which is to be held in St. Petersburg on October 18.