MINSK, Oct. 2 - Belarus will try to retain the Ukrainian market if Ukraine signs the Association Agreement with the European Union in November, Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich said at a meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday.

"In this situation Belarus should in no case lose trade with Ukraine, and maybe it should even find some advantages. We have a very large market there," the press service of the Belarusian president quoted him as saying.