KYIV, Sept 26 – Ukraine is behind in several areas in the fulfillment of the EU Association Agreement, including transportation, environmental policy, intellectual property protection and improvement in customs legislation, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said.

"There are areas today where we are lagging behind agreement implementation… For example, in the transportation area," she said during a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.