Official welcoming ceremony Yanukovich and Mr. Harper will begin at 10. 30 on the square in front of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. After this, the Head of State and the Prime Minister will meet ' face to face ', as well as the Ukrainian- Canadian talks in expanded format. In their presence, held a signing ceremony of the Ukrainian- Canadian bilateral documents.
Kiev and Ottawa have quite a close relationship, based on the historical foundation of more than a century resettlement of Ukrainians in Canada - the Diaspora in this country has more than 1.5 million immigrants from the Ukraine. Canada became the first Western country to recognize Ukraine's independence. The leadership of this country have repeatedly stated, that the development of relations with Kiev in various fields is of considerable interest. At the same time, in recent years, the political dialogue between the two countries has become less active.
According to the experts during a visit to Kiev, Harper's, the issue of liberalizing the visa regime between Ukraine and Canada can become one of the main topics of the talks. Kiev, who managed to achieve simplification of visa regime with the EU, is hoping for a similar move by Ottawa. Currently, citizens of EU, U.S., Canada and other countries can travel to Ukraine without a visa, will also apply to citizens of Ukraine, at the moment there are negotiations on this issue.
Trade and economic cooperation.
Beginning with the 2009 trade and economic relations between Ukraine and Canada much more active. Evidence of this was the announcement of the official start of bilateral talks on signing a free trade agreement that was made during a visit to Ukraine in September 2009 the Minister of International Trade and the Asia-Pacific corridor of Canada.
Already in November 2009 in Ottawa, the first Ukrainian- Canadian consultations on the free trade agreement, and the first round of talks was held in Kiev in the spring of 2010.
Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Daniel Caron during a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov held in the spring of this year, said that Ukraine and Canada in 2010 can sign a free trade agreement. Earlier Azarov also called for the removal of barriers to the intensification of economic relations between the two countries.
The Canadian ambassador said a mutual interest in the proposal. According to Caron, Canada and Ukraine can work successfully in many areas. This is agriculture, and pharmaceuticals, and aerospace sector, and energy, in particular, nuclear.
The agreement on free trade zone in the Ukraine also hopes to soon sign with the European Union. In addition, Ukraine supports the establishment of a free trade zone with the members of the Customs Union - Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, but not yet ready to join the Union itself, as it contradicts the terms of the WTO is a member country.
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