Ukraine defines terms for joining Customs Union

Ukraine has set its conditions for joining the Customs Union (CU) of Russia,
Belarus and Kazakhstan, Deputy Minister of the Economy of Ukraine, the
government commissioner for Cooperation with the Russian Federation, the
CIS, EurAsEC and other regional associations, Valery Muntiyan, announced at a
press conference on "The Customs Union or free trade zone with the EU -
Ukraine has no alternative choice? "

Mutiyan said that the first condition will be to eliminate export duties on
oil and oil products, as well as to reduce gas prices. "I insist that we need
the same gas prices as in Russia, to avoid the effect of absorption of
Ukrainian companies "Muntiyan said on Friday.

In addition, Muntiyan insisted on the necessity of securing the repeal of
Russian safeguards and resolving the issue of guarantees repayment of the
possible - in the case of Ukraine's accession to the CU - compensation
claims of the WTO, which are expected to amount to about $2 billion.