A three-party ministerial meeting on trade issues between Ukraine, Russia and EU will be held in Brussels on July 11, director of the information policy department of Ukraine's Foreign Ministry Yevhen Perebyinis said.

"One expects that the ministerial meeting will assume as a principle a regular consultation process over issues connected with the functioning of the free trade area between Ukraine and EU, and its possible influence on the trade relations between Ukraine and Russia," he said at a briefing on Wednesday.

The spokesman said that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin will lead the Ukrainian delegation, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht will represent interests of the European Union, and Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev will be the envoy from Russia.

Previously consultations among the experts on implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and EU took place in Brussels on July 3. Government's Commissioner for European Integration, Valeriy Piatnytsky, led the Ukrainian delegation.