Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko hopes that Russia will refrain from any restrictive measures against Ukraine following the Ukraine-EU-Russia consultations.

"In relation to the Free Trade Zone of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Ukraine remains a party to this treaty which clearly sets forth the rights and obligations of the parties. The only problem is to ensure that all the parties strictly implement all the obligations that they bound upon themselves by signing and ratifying this treaty, including its 6th annex," Poroshenko said after talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana on Friday.

"Intense consultations are underway now in the Ukraine-EU-Russia trilateral format and I suppose that the agreements will result in the decision of the Russian government to refrain from those alleged restrictions that it is planning to impose with no reference to any documents," Poroshenko said.

When asked by Interfax, Poroshenko said that Russian and Kazakhstan are WTO (World Trade Organization) member states and are obliged to fulfill their respective obligations. "On our part, we believe that any full-scale entry into force of a more profound and comprehensive Free Trade Area (FTA) with the European Union for Ukraine will only expand the scope of opportunities for our cooperation," Poroshenko said, adding that during the talks, the parties stressed the importance of the creation of joint ventures both in Ukraine and in Kazakhstan.

Poroshenko also revealed that "there is total understanding" in this regard between Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

Nazarbayev said in his turn that Kazakhstan is going to abide to the principles set forth in the existing legal base after the FTA between Ukraine and EU takes effect.

"As for our relations in the context of the Customs Union, the Eurasian Economic Union and the agreement signed on the FTA within the CIS, we will stick to them," Nazarbayev said in response to a question from Interfax,

"We know the position of Russia. From January 1, 2016, when the association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union takes effect, something could change in the flow of goods from Europe to Russia via Ukraine; this is within the scope of your bilateral relations, it requires negotiating. And as for us, we stay committed to what we signed earlier," Nazarbayev explained.