Parliament ratifies amendments to Ukraine–UK cooperation agreement

"Law No. 0155 was passed to ratify the agreement on amendments to the Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ukraine," Pavlo Frolov, MP from the Servant of the People party, chair of the Subcommittee on the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada, posted on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

According to the explanatory note, the adoption of the document is needed to complete the domestic procedure required for the entry into force of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters.

As reported, on January 1, 2021, a new agreement between Ukraine and the United Kingdom entered into force.

The Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ukraine replaced in bilateral relations with the United Kingdom the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States in connection with Brexit.

The new international agreement is based on the Association Agreement with the EU and is a continuation of it in bilateral relations between Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

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