The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that as of now Ukraine and the EU intended to sign the Association Agreement in November 2013.

"The latest contacts at the level of the Ukrainian government and European institutions confirm that the sides intend to advance on signing the Agreement in November 2013," acting director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's Information Policy Department, Yevhen Perebyinys, said at a briefing on Tuesday.

Perebyinis said that the EU gave a generally positive evaluation to the steps the Ukrainian authorities were taking to fulfill the agreements reached at the latest Ukraine-EU Summit.

It is planned to sign the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement at the Vilnius Eastern Partnership Summit.