KYIV, Dec 17 - The European Union has called on Ukraine to lift the moratorium on the export of round timber, as well as introduce administrative and institutional reforms and ensure the functioning of an efficient and transparent administrative system.
"The EU encouraged Ukraine to continue fighting vested interests in order to improve the business and investment climate and eliminate swiftly trade irritants, such as the wood export ban," according to the statement following a meeting of the Council of the Ukraine-EU Association, held in Brussels.
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