Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said that Kyiv has decided to accede to the agreement of the Customs Union on the elimination of technical barriers in trade with the CIS member states, which are not members of the Customs Union.

"First and foremost, we need to consider the matter of joining the agreement of the Customs Union member countries on the elimination of technical barriers in trade with the CIS member states, which are not members of the Customs Union," he said opening a government meeting on Wednesday.

Azarov stressed that this is a very important agreement because the Customs Union envisaged the possibility of joining the technical regulations by the states that are not its members, and also laid down a certain procedures for this.

The prime minister ordered the Economic Development and Trade Ministry and the Justice Ministry to urgently prepare the matter of acceding to this agreement for consideration at the Cabinet's meeting.