OREANDA-NEWS. October 07, 2008. Over 8 months of 2008 a trade turnover between Ukraine and the Republic of Belarus has increased almost by 93% against an analogous period of 2007, reported the Official website www.kmu.gov.ua.

The First Vice Premier of Ukraine Olexandr Turchynov announced during an opening of a National exhibition of the Republic of Belarus in Ukraine “Belarus-2008”.

“Under global crisis conditions our states are demonstrating not only high growth rates but records in their economic relations,” First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine said. At this Olexandr Turchynov noted that a core of dynamic development of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries are direct contacts between business circles and, above all, brotherly relations between nations.

Olexandr Turchynov expressed hopes that this exhibition would become a base for further deepening of economic cooperation between Ukraine and Belarus, a base for new agreements as well as one of principal elements of development of the two states.