OREANDA-NEWS. August 25, 2011. Telephone conversation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov with Chairman of the Council Ministry of Belorussia Michael Myasnikovich has taken place.

The sides have discussed pressing questions of mutual relations, have noted their normal development.

Mykola Azarov has asked the Belarus colleague to consider projects of joint development and production of light-emitting diodes and substances for medicines. In both countries in this sphere are achievements and necessary production base. And consolidation of efforts promises effect of an acceleration of production and strengthening of marketing positions. In Ukraine projects will be implemented within the limits of programs of power efficiency and import-replacements.

The Head of the Ukrainian Government has underlined that light-emitting diodes have very good prospects in the world market, and domestic pharmacological production will support  and revive the Government after the blow put to it by transnational corporations in the nineties years. Ukraine annually imports medicines approximately on 4 billion USD that is why reduction of dependence on import, in many cases critical is a strategic priority for the Government.

Also the sides have discussed a state of affairs in agricultural industry, a course of harvesting and field works in autumn.