Ukraine may join the CU in the future
Ukraine applied for receiving observer status with the the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, which in the long term means accession of the Republic to the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, and eventually the Eurasian Economic Union, Deputy Secretary General of EurAsEC Sergey Glazyev told journalists, reports Novosti-Kazakhstan.
"Ukraine applied for receiving observer status with the the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, which is a structure in charge of political decisions. And that decision was made (on granting the observer status) ", - said S. Glazyev.
He explained that Ukraine will be able to join the Eurasian Union after joining the Customs Union.
S. Glazyev also noted that in these circumstances Ukraine will not be able to enter in similar agreements with the EU.
