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The 3+1 format, voiced by Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych, will define the principles of Ukraine's cooperation with the Customs Union, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko.

"Ukraine’s natural desire to solve all problems, given the formation of a customs union by our nearest neighbors, is precisely set forth in a formula, the president voiced in his address to parliament yesterday," Hryschenko said in answer to a question from Interfax after a meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Kyiv on April 8.