Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has tasked the government to sign a Free Trade Area (FTA) Agreement with Turkey this year.

"We have to find a common ground with our Turkish friends, so that to sign the FTA [agreement] this year," Yatseniuk said at the Cabinet's sitting on Wednesday.

According to Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko, Ukrainian delegation responsible for the establishment of the FTA will leave for Turkey on March 10 to hold the talks.