Ukraine seeks to cooperate with China in aircraft building-Yanukovich.

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BEIJING, September 3 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine sees the aircraft building
industry as one of the key areas of cooperation with China, visiting
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said here on Friday.
The aircraft building industry, including "the development of inland
and cargo aircraft, as well as training of Chinese specialists is one of
the key areas of Ukraine's cooperation with China," Yanukovich said at a
China-Ukraine business forum.
According to the Ukrainian president, the two countries already have a
certain experience in cooperating in this sphere. Thus, under a current
contract, Ukraine is supplying China with engines for the L-15 training
planes. Moreover, Ukraine's Antonov aircraft corporation is helping China
to build its first-ever S-919 long-haul aircraft. Ukraine is promoting its
An as passenger and cargo planes on the Chinese market. Such planes, he
said, "have proved good in various regions across the globe and are a
trademark of the country's aircraft building industry."
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