OREANDA-NEWS. June 27, 2013. Ireland supports concluding of the Agreement on association and free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union during the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius. This was announced by Vice Prime Minister – Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland Eamon Gilmore in the course of a meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov in Luxembourg.

“Ireland supports signing of the Association Agreement during the Summit in Vilnius in November and finalizing as fast as possible of procedures in creating free trade zone between Ukraine and EU,” Eamon Gilmore has said.

During the meeting interlocutors considered isssues of coperation between Ukraine and the European Union and Ukraine and Ireland, and also agreed to hold Ukraine-Ireland business forum.

Besides, Eamon Gilmore thanked to Mykola Azarov for solving of problems of investors in Ukraine.