KYIV. May 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The People’s Republic of China is interested in creating a free trade zone (FTA) and establishing a visa-free regime with Ukraine.
The president’s representative in the Verkovna Rada, a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction Iryna Lutsenko informed about this during a briefing in Kyiv on Friday devoted to the recent visit of the Ukrainian delegation to China to participate in the high-level dialogue within the framework of the One Belt, One Road Forum, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.
“China does not restrict only on economic cooperation. It was said that China is interested in the initiative to create a free trade zone and establish a visa-free regime,” she said.
According to Lutsenko, today about 100 million Chinese citizens have the opportunity to travel to Europe, including Ukraine.
“This fact cannot but interest our tourist business, our hotels, enterprises, cafes, restaurants, etc. China is interested in Ukraine, it shows great preference towards it,” Lutsenko said.
As reported, the Upper House (Senate) of the Canadian parliament voted for a free trade zone with Ukraine on May 18.
