KYIV, Feb 17 - Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement in Abu Dhabi on February 17, it became the first agreement in the history of Ukraine with the Gulf countries, the press service of the Ministry of Economy reported.

The ministry noted that the agreement provides for free trade between Ukraine and the UAE and liberalization of access to commodity markets for both countries. In particular, Ukrainian goods will receive full access to the UAE market for 96.6% of product lines.