KYIV, Nov 29 – The EU-China container train will start running across Ukraine this year, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said Tuesday.

"We received freights from the EU. I hope that the frequency will be at least one train a week next year," he said at European Business Association meeting.

He added synchronously the work on the creation of the new route of the Silk Road: Ukraine-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan and the EU-China route via Ukraine is underway.