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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said that on May 23 he will take part in the EU's Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial meeting.

“We are trying to build a unique element of cooperation with the EU. I will speak about this on Monday at the EaP ministerial meeting,” he said at the International Conference “Ukraine – EU: Turning Challenges into Opportunities” in Kyiv on Friday.

Klimkin said that the EU should be attracted to the reforms on Ukraine’s way to the European integration. He said that to make the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) success is a top priority.

“We need to achieve visa-free regime this year,” he said.