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Ukraine and Egypt may decide to start negotiations on a free trade area (FTA) this fall, said Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka.

“We are negotiating with Egypt, but soon the conversation fades. We hope that this fall we will hold an intergovernmental commission, and I hope we will make a decision to start negotiations,” Kachka said during the Kyiv International Economic Forum in Kyiv on October 8.

He also indicated that Ukraine and Indonesia have begun studying potential FTA talks.