Azarov expects proposals on resolving trade issues with Russia by August 19
Ukraine's ad-hoc working group to settle trade issues with Russia should prepare their proposals and submit them to the government by August 19.
The working group has already started to work, the Web site of the Cabinet of Ministers reported on Friday.
The team is made up of Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Boiko, Economic Development and Trade Minister Ihor Prasolov, Industrial Policy Minister Mykhailo Korolenko, First Deputy Minister of Income and Tax Stepan Deryvolkov, government commissioner for cooperation with Russia, the CIS and the Eurasian Economic Community Valeriy Muntiyan, and the government representative in the Eurasian Economic Community, Viktor Suslov.
Deputy Head of the Board of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine Dmytro Oliynik will also participate in the group's meetings.
"On the instruction from the head of the government, the working group has until August 19 to submit to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine their agreed proposals on resolving the problem that have arisen in trade and economic relations with the Russian Federation," the report reads.