KIEV, Dec. 27 – Ukraine seeks to continue fruitful talks with Israel on signing a free trade area (FTA) agreement despite a demarche of Tel-Aviv with regard to support of the UN Security Council Resolution on Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem by the representative of Kiev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine's Trade Representative Natalia Mykolska has said.

"These talks [on FTA] are always base on the economic and business interest. Today Israel approved the holding of the next round of consultations in Kiev late January and early February. We do not have other information," she said at a press conference in Kiev on Tuesday.