Minsk summit participants to discuss Russia's report on Ukraine-EU association agreement's effects - Lukashenko
MINSK. Aug 26 (Interfax) - The participants in a meeting between the leaders of the Belarusian-Kazakh-Russian Customs Union member-states, the Ukrainian president, and EU representatives in Minsk plan to discuss a report drawn up by Russia on the effects that the Ukraine-EU association agreement would have on the Customs Union's economy, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in opening the summit on Tuesday.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed experts to prepare this information, and, as far as I know, it has been prepared," Lukashenko said.
The situation in Ukraine has spread beyond Europe's geographical boundaries, which is evident from Kazakhstan's active efforts on preparing a meeting between the leaders of the Customs Union member-states and Ukraine, Lukashenko said.
The Customs Union earlier asked Russia to draw up and present estimates of the Ukraine-EU association agreement's possible effects for the Customs Union, he said.
