Termination of cooperation with CIS not to affect Ukrainian economy – Groysman

The termination of cooperation with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will not affect the economy of Ukraine.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman stated this during Svoboda Slova talk show on ICTV, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"It in no way can affect the [Ukrainian] economy," the prime minister said.

According to Groysman, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is developing documents on this issue and they will be discussed at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.

As reported, President Petro Poroshenko in his speech at the 11th Kyiv Security Forum stated that Ukraine plans to officially terminate its cooperation with the CIS and close its representative offices at the relevant institutions in Minsk.

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