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08.04.2010
Cooperation with Kazakhstan a priority for Ukraine - President
Cooperation with Kazakhstan is one of the priorities of Ukraine's foreign policy in Eurasia, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said at a press conference in Astana on April 7, the presidential press service has reported.
"We see the strengthening, development and intensification of our relations with Kazakhstan as one of the priorities of foreign policy in Eurasia," he said.
Yanukovych said during high-level talks, the sides had agreed to hold annual meetings of interstate commissions to draw up specific proposals on the development of bilateral cooperation. The Ukrainian and Kazakh presidents also discussed prospects for cooperation in the aerospace industry.
He said that a number of issues in bilateral cooperation, especially in the areas of farm machinery and aircraft building, would be drafted ahead of the 9th session of the interstate commission on economic cooperation.
Yanukovych also said that he had supported Kazakhstan's initiative of holding the next OSCE summit in Astana. "The problems and interests of our states are often the same. We believe that this creates objective prerequisites for our cooperation, including in issues of international policy," he said.
Yanukovych said that Ukraine was ready to assist Kazakhstan in drafting the agenda of the summit.
He also said that the OSCE functions should not be restricted only to election monitoring. "The OSCE is a good place to consider issues of European security. And we should use this," Yanukovych said.
UKRINFORM
