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Ukraine hopes to sign the association agreement with the EU within the next twelve months, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Gryshchenko has said.

"Even from a purely technical point of view, this will certainly take several months. Even under the most optimistic scenario, this will take from six to twelve months, as is evidenced by agreements that were signed in the not so distant past," Gryshchenko said at a briefing on March 30.