KYIV, Nov 1 – Ukraine must focus on integrating its economy into the European Union market before seeking a full membership in the alliance, Andrius Kubilius, Member of the European Parliament, said Monday.

“Now it is better to look for just economic integration not looking into integration to institutions," Kubilius told Interfax-Ukraine.

Kubilius, a former prime minister of Lithuania, is also a Member of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee.