KYIV, March 2 - Ukraine will seek the opportunities to join the Schengen zone in the long term, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said.

"After the introduction of the visa-free regime with the EU, Ukraine intends to study the opportunities for accession to the Schengen area in the long term," Klympush-Tsintsadze said at the opening of the fifth annual Eastern Partnership conference in Tallinn, Estonia, on Friday.