KIEV, Oct. 7 – President Petro Poroshenko emphasizes the need to speed up the signing of a bilateral agreement on free trade area (FTA) between Ukraine and Israel.

According to the press service of the head of Ukrainian state, the issue was discussed at a meeting with the Minister of Environmental Protection, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Zeev Elkin.

As the head of the Israeli part of the joint Ukrainian-Israeli committee on trade and economic cooperation, the minister informed the president of Ukraine on the results of its next meeting on October 5-6 in Kiev.