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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he hopes that the visa regime between Ukraine and the European Union will be stopped next year.

"We agreed with Europe that Ukrainian citizens will be able to travel to Europe without visas in a year," he said on the Inter TV Channel on Sunday.

Yanukovych said that he saw the resumption of trust and partnership between Ukraine and the European Union as his main task.

"Our partners are tired of the disorder that has been seen in our country in the last five years," he said.

Yanukovych also said that Ukraine was interested in establishing a free trade area with the EU. As reported, Yanukovych reached agreement during his working visit to Brussels on March 1 that the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement would be signed by the end of this year. The agreement foresees, in particular, the introduction of a visa-free regime and the creation of a free trade area between the European Union and Ukraine.