KYIV, Feb 16 – Ukraine and Canada agreed to shortly begin negotiations to expand free trade agreement by focusing on services sector and investments, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau held a phone call for the first time to discuss the issue.

"The ministers discussed the intensification of interaction between Ukraine and Canada in the political, security, defense, trade, investment and migration spheres," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.