Ukraine seeks to terminate free trade deal with Belarus

Ukraine seeks to terminate free trade deal with Belarus

Ukraine’s federal government has actually proposed to parliament ending an open market arrangement with Belarus, which supports Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine that started in February 2022, cabinet minister Taras Melnychuk stated on Monday.

The relocate to cancel the contract was taken “in connection with an essential modification of scenarios … participation of the Republic of Belarus in the prohibited usage of force versus Ukraine”, he stated on the Telegram messaging app.

The federal government proposes ending the open market arrangement of December 1992 and 2 procedures associated to the treaty. After Russia’s intrusion, Ukraine suspended its trade relations with Minsk.

Under Ukrainian law, interstate contracts should be ended by parliament.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Belarus stayed among Ukraine’s primary trading partners, providing considerable quantities of fuel and fertilisers to Kyiv.

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