A Ukrainian serviceman walks near a military truck with a tank on the road near Izium, eastern Ukraine, June 4, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine will accept a Russian proposal to lift reciprocal transit bans on road cargo, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday.

Earlier this month Ukraine banned Russian trucks from crossing its territory, in response to a similar move by Moscow.

Diplomatic and trade ties between the two have suffered since Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and a pro-Russian separatist conflict.

Infrastructure minister Andriy Pyvovarsky told a government meeting that Russia had proposed lifting all limits on road cargo.

“They’re allowing (transit), we will too under terms of reciprocity,” Yatseniuk responded.

In mid-February, the Russian transport ministry barred Ukrainian trucks because Ukrainian activists had been blocking some Russian trucks from entering Ukraine.