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Ukrainian President: Ukraine's position on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is based on respect to Azerbaijan's sovereignty and territorial integrity
Ukraine and Azerbaijan are strategic partners and relations between these countries are developing in the spirit of friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation, President of Ukraine Victor Yanykovich said in an interview with Trend in the run up to his official visit to Azerbaijan.
"Our countries has established and operate a unique bilateral organization of the top level - the Council of Presidents of Ukraine and Azerbaijan, which meets on regular basis," Yanykovich stressed. "The Council of Presidents, which has recommended itself as an efficient mechanism to realize the existing potential of cooperation between the two countries on all specters of interaction, will convene its Third meeting during my visit to Azerbaijan."
According to Yanykovich, during the meeting the Council of Presidents will outline urgent tasks on further deepening cooperation between the two countries in key fields of interaction, particularly, in political, economic, energy, transport and space spheres.
"I would state with pleasure that over the past period the bilateral cooperation between our countries have developed very actively in the spirit of existing strategic partnership. At the same time, in the near future we should strengthen intensive political dialogue by realizing scaly projects in the economic field, develop long-term strategy of cooperation between Ukraine and Azerbaijan in this direction," President Yanykovich added.
According to the Ukrainian president, the economic component should remain the very firm foundation enabling the sides to enrich the strategic partnership with a pragmatic content.
"In this context it is a pleasure to note that as of totals of 2010 the amount of bilateral trade turnover not only reached the pre-crisis figure of 2008, but exceeded it by reaching $1.6 billion. However, this is not the ceiling of our opportunities and we will work over improving conditions for Ukrainian companies operating in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani companies operating in Ukraine. I am sure that my visit to Azerbaijan will also contribute to it," Yanykovich stressed.
"Our countries has established and operate a unique bilateral organization of the top level - the Council of Presidents of Ukraine and Azerbaijan, which meets on regular basis," Yanykovich stressed. "The Council of Presidents, which has recommended itself as an efficient mechanism to realize the existing potential of cooperation between the two countries on all specters of interaction, will convene its Third meeting during my visit to Azerbaijan."
According to Yanykovich, during the meeting the Council of Presidents will outline urgent tasks on further deepening cooperation between the two countries in key fields of interaction, particularly, in political, economic, energy, transport and space spheres.
"I would state with pleasure that over the past period the bilateral cooperation between our countries have developed very actively in the spirit of existing strategic partnership. At the same time, in the near future we should strengthen intensive political dialogue by realizing scaly projects in the economic field, develop long-term strategy of cooperation between Ukraine and Azerbaijan in this direction," President Yanykovich added.
According to the Ukrainian president, the economic component should remain the very firm foundation enabling the sides to enrich the strategic partnership with a pragmatic content.
"In this context it is a pleasure to note that as of totals of 2010 the amount of bilateral trade turnover not only reached the pre-crisis figure of 2008, but exceeded it by reaching $1.6 billion. However, this is not the ceiling of our opportunities and we will work over improving conditions for Ukrainian companies operating in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani companies operating in Ukraine. I am sure that my visit to Azerbaijan will also contribute to it," Yanykovich stressed.
