KIEV, Oct. 1 – The Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry hopes to synchronize the country's food industry with the European Union's technical regulations as soon as Ukraine signs the Association Agreement with the EU.

"I'm sure that we will harmonize all technical regulations and all conditions with the EU within a year or a year-and-a-half," Ukrainian Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said at a press conference in Kiev on Tuesday.