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Most Ukrainian citizens would like the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, including establishing a free trade zone, to be signed as quickly as possible but stances as to when this should be done differ.

According to the poll held by the Rating sociological group, the
results of which Interfax obtained on Tuesday, 38% of respondents
believe that the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement should be signed as
quickly as possible, and 21% think it should be signed when Ukraine is
ready for this.

Meanwhile, 31% of Ukrainian citizens are opposed to signing the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, the survey showed.

The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is mostly supported in western Ukraine (70%), sociologists said.

At the same time, 15% of respondents think Ukraine should join the
Customs Union and 16% suppose that this should be done when compromise
is reached in society, the poll showed. And 55% of Ukrainians said they
were opposed to Ukraine joining the Customs Union.

The poll was held on March 21-29 and involved 2,000 respondents.