Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have met in St. Petersburg to discuss bilateral cooperation.

"Azarov and Medvedev raised the issues that have been discussed at the meeting of the Council of CIS Prime Ministers today. In particular, they talked about the agreements on access to pipelines, on free trade in services, and on gradual restriction of export duties, the implementation of which will allow developing trade and economic relations within the CIS," the press service of the Ukrainian government said on Wednesday.