Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has said that Ukraine had already managed to advance in gradual harmonization of legislation in the framework of the Association Agreement with the European Union.

"At the moment, we are able to gradually advance to the harmonization of legislation," the deputy PM said at a conference of the Ukrainian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum in Kyiv on Friday.

She also spoke about the priorities of Ukraine in European integration at the moment, in particular, joining the single digital market of the EU, as well as expanding trade opportunities with the EU. Klympush-Tsintsadze added that expanding the advantages of the digital market for the Eastern Partnership countries would contribute to the development of bilateral trade with the EU.

In addition, Ukraine intends to achieve the joint market with the EU within the energy sector.

"Security is an extremely important priority for some countries of the Eastern Partnership, in particular, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova," she said, expressing her belief that the Eastern Partnership countries could become a link between the EU and Asia.

According to Klympush-Tsintsadze, it is necessary to create a working group on the involvement of the Eastern Partnership countries in the implementation of the pan-European strategy on interaction with Asian countries.