Today, on June 20, in Kiev the 17th round of Ukraine-EU talks on free trade zone begins, and lasts until June 24. Representative of Ukraine to the EU press office reports.

In particular, the delegations are led by Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Valery Pyatnitsky and Director of the European Commission Directorate General for Trade Rupert Schlegelmilch.

Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers approved an action plan to increase benefits and minimize the negative implications of a FTA between Ukraine and EU.