Ukraine severs protocol to re-export agreement with Russia

MOSCOW. Oct 17 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian government has terminated a protocol between the Ukrainian and the Russian government on the implementation of an agreement on re-exports of goods.

The government made the decision last Friday, Ukrainian media have reported with reference to a social media post by Taras Melnichuk, the government's representative at the Verkhovna Rada.

The protocol concerns the implementation of the April 15, 1994 agreement between the Ukrainian and Russian government on re-exports of goods and the procedure of issuing re-export permissions.