Ukraine has started the eighth round of negotiations on the signing of the free trade agreement (FTA) with Turkey, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine's trade representative Natalia Mykolska has said on her Facebook page.

"During the recent visit of President Erdogan [Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan] to Ukraine special attention was paid to the increase of trade and intensification of the negotiations," she wrote.

As reported, the FTA with Canada took effect on August 1, 2017.

Earlier representatives of the government said that the next FTA Ukraine could sign with Israel.