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Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin has discussed bilateral relations and future visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“A wonderful meeting with Prime Minister of the State of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu. His visit to Ukraine and many accomplishments in bilateral relations are expected,” Klimkin wrote on Twitter on June 19.

As reported, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin pays a working visit to Israel on June 18-19, where he will hold meetings with Prime Minister of this country Benjamin Netanyahu and the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, and will take part in the Eleventh Session of the Joint Ukrainian – Israeli Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation in Jerusalem.

As reported, in April 2018 Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Trade Representative of Ukraine Natalia Mykolska said that Ukraine and Israel technically initialed an agreement on the free trade area (FTA).

“This is a technical but important procedural issue that enables us to conduct legal reconciliation of the text of the agreement for further translation it into three languages and prepare the agreement for signing,” she said.