OREANDA-NEWS. May 22, 2009. The issues on the development of bilateral trade and economic cooperation were discussed at the meeting, reported the press-centre of akorda.kz. 

As Nursultan Nazarbayev pointed out, relations between Kazakhstan and Ukraine represent a great interest for our country.

According to statistical data, over the last five years the volume of mutual trade increased more than fivefold. In 2008, it reached US 4 billion. The President underlined that real opportunities for cooperation are much larger and expressed dissatisfaction with an insufficient use of such large potential. The head of state proposed to strengthen cooperation in all the directions of economic and political activity.

Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized that at times the agreements achieved did not realized in full.

According to Yulia Tymoshenko, she shares the President’s opinion on that Ukraine and Kazakhstan have good prospects of cooperation.

The Ukrainian Prime Minister expressed gratitude to the head of state for the development of relations with Ukraine and expressed wish to cooperate in the aircraft construction, agrarian sector and mechanical engineering.