KIEV, Jan. 9 – The establishment of a free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union is compatible with a CIS free trade area, but is incompatible with Ukraine's accession to the Belarusian-Kazakh-Russian Customs Union, says the Ukrainian envoy to the European Union, Ambassador Kostiantyn Yeliseyev.

"The establishment of a free trade area with the CIS, unlike accession to the Belarusian-Kazakh-Russian Customs Union, doesn't go against a deep and comprehensive free trade area between Ukraine and the EU," Yeliseyev said in an article headlined 'Seven Myths About An Association Agreement Between Ukraine And The EU' published on the Ukrayinska Pravda Web site on Wednesday.

Armenia and Moldova, which are Ukraine's partners within the CIS, are also holding negotiations with the EU regarding their association agreements, which would include the establishment of a free trade area as well, he said.