OREANDA-NEWS. December 25, 2012. We should study and find compromises of Ukraine’s cooperation between the European Union and the Customs Union. The Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said this, responding to a question of a user of the social network Facebook.

Mykola Azarov noted that "the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, is right saying that the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, and the European Union are based on the principles of the WTO. It is obvious for the EU, as all EU countries are also members of the WTO. "

However, the Prime Minister said, "But it is not so obviously for the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus as Kazakhstan and Belarus have not yet members of the WTO and Russia has only recently joined this organization, but, nevertheless, in the preparation of basic documents customs union used WTO rules and regulations".

As for compatibility, according to Mykola Azarov, "everything concerns the level of tariff protection and a number of other provisions, which determine the functioning of the two customs unions (EC and CU), they should be compatible".

The PM gave the example that "if the levels of tariff protection on a specific heading significantly differ among themselves, then this will be the subject of separate negotiations." "Therefore, the issue of compatibility - it is a very complicated issue. That is why our engagement should be studied in each and a compromise must be found. I am absolutely agree with Minister Lavrov it's that search for and find these compromises are possible", Mykola Azarov said.