Turkey and Ukraine will sign a free trade agreement “as soon as possible,”

Turkey and Ukraine will sign a free trade agreement “as soon as possible,” Stepan Kubiv, Economic Development and Trade Minister, said Wednesday in Istanbul, his third visit to Turkey this year. Signing of the bilateral deal “is the political will of our presidents, the government of Ukraine — the legislative basis for this exists,” he said, Ukrinform reports. Last year, he said, Ukraine’s exports to Turkey hit $2.7 billion, up 21% from 2016. Through this July, exports were $1.6 billion.