MINSK, Aug. 14 - The presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus are ready to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Minsk to settle issues arising between their Customs Union and Ukraine as a result of Kiev's closer ties with the European Union.

"Everyone is ready to come to Minsk," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday while visiting the Berezovskaya GRES power plant the Belarusian state media quoted Lukashenko as saying.