The decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the suspension of a free trade area (FTA) agreement between the CIS and Ukraine from January 1, 2016 confirms the political character of Russia's claims to the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Olena Zerkal has said.

"[On Monday] a meeting of ministries will be held and its main goal is to fix the violation regarding the adoption of this decree, and how the sides will communicate in the future," she said at a press conference in Kyiv on Saturday.

She said that after enacting the decree on the suspension of the CIS FTA with Ukraine Putin violated all of international law canons.

Zerkal said that at the trilateral ministerial meeting Ukraine, Russia and EU will discuss how to act in the future and what we've done during 15 rounds of technical talks.

"Each time we tried to answer to Russia to its worries, but its worries are not linked to economic issues, this is only the political reaction," Zerkal said.

"As for what happened [the signature of the Russian presidential decree on suspending the Ukraine-CIS free trade area agreement], Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin] has hurried," Zerkal said. "This reaction and this decree show Russia's true intentions and show that this process has nothing in common with looking for answers," she said.

Putin signed a decree on December 16 on suspending the treaty on a free trade with Ukraine starting January 1, 2016.