Cannon, Gryshchenko: Talks on Canada-Ukraine Free Trade

Ukraine and Canada have made significant progress in talks to negotiate the creation of a free trade zone. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Gryshchenko and Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs  Lawrence Cannon discussed the issue at a meeting in Krakow (Poland) on July 3, 2010.

The first round of negotiations on this issue was held in May 2010, while the next one is scheduled for October.

At the meeting, Gryshchenko stressed the need to sign as quickly as possible an intergovernmental agreement on facilitating the travel of young people from Ukraine to Canada and vice versa.

Cannon, in turn, said that Canada consistently supported Ukrainian independence and democracy. He also said that Ottawa praised Ukraine’s desire to assume the Presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2013.

Gryshchenko participated in the 10^th high-level meeting of participating countries in the Community of Democracies, held in Poland on July 3. The meeting in Krakow was attended by delegations from over 50 countries.

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L. to R.: Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Gryshchenko