Bilateral consultations on the liberalization of air traffic between Ukraine and the European Union will continue after the parliamentary elections in Spain due on June 26.

According to the press service of the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine, relevant arrangements were reached at a meeting between Deputy Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Viktor Dovhan and European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc during Dovhan's visit to the Netherlands on June 20-21.

Dovhan held bilateral working consultations with Bulc regarding the signature of an agreement on a common aviation area with the EU, notably a consensus on Gibraltar airport.

In addition, the Danube declaration on the development of inland waterways was signed as part of the deputy minister's participation in the international transport forum in the Netherlands. During a meeting of profile ministers of the Danube Region countries, Dovhan spoke about the ministry's plans to develop the river transport system and stressed the importance of Ukraine's integration with the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T).

Dovhan also held a working meeting with Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski to discuss prospects of concluding an agreement on railway and ferry connection.

The Ukrainian official also held consultations with his Belarusian colleagues on increasing the number of flights between Kyiv and Minsk.