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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will make a working visit to Russia on March 19-20, the presidential press service has reported.

According to the head of the presidential administration, Serhiy Liovochkin, Yanukovych plans to attend a summit of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC), in which Ukraine has observer status.

"The Ukrainian president’s participation in this event will contribute to the further development of mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats," Liovochkin said.

Yanukovych also plans to meet with the leaders of EurAsEC member states to discuss issues of cooperation of mutual interest, he added.