The Ukrainian government has not approved any documents to delay the launch of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area consistent with the Association Agreement, Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said.

"The Ukrainian government has not decided to delay or adjust the free trade zone provision of the Association Agreement. The government's position is clear: we will begin to implement this agreement the day after it is ratified," Petrenko said in a program aired by the First National Channel on Monday evening.

"I know nothing about the existence of some official document… We are not talking about a way to delay the implementation of this agreement," he said.

The minister noted that the parliament's ratification of the Association Agreement would be the starting point in the implementation of this document.

"The day after ratification the country's government will approve a national plan for enforcing this agreement. There will be clear daily instructions as to which body is compelled to make certain adjustments and to reform one sector or another… The Association Agreement is nothing but a strategic plan of reforms," Petrenko said.