The Russian government has approved an agreement with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on jointly establishing trade missions.
Under a document signed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, branches of the Russian trade mission to Ukriane are to be opened in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Lviv, Odesa, Simferopol, Kharkiv and Uzhgorod.
Branches of the trade mission of the Ukrainian Embassy in Russia are to be set up in Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, St.Petersburg and Ufa.
"By mutual agreement, branches of the Russian trade mission and branches of the trade mission of the Ukrainian embassy may be set up in other cities," reads the document.
The resolution stipulates that the draft agreement was submitted by the Russian Foreign Ministry and Russian Economy Development Ministry, and agreed with federal executive bodies and the Russian local authorities. Preliminary agreement was also reached with Ukraine, the document states.
