OREANDA-NEWS. April 15, 2013. On the occasion of the International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics, the President met with Head of State Space Agency Yuriy Alekseyev and President of Aerospace Association Vitaliy Zholobov.

Viktor Yanukovych congratulated them on professional holiday. “Ukraine is one of the few countries in the world having its own space industry and being able to fulfill all stages of rocket building,” the President noted.

“Our country has made a great contribution to the development of cosmonautics. Nowadays, we continue cooperation with many countries of the world. Our work with Russia and Kazakhstan on certain space programs requires a lot of attention,” the Head of State said.

The President also stressed the importance of Ukraine’s participation in the construction of spaceport Alcantara in Brazil. Our country designs and manufactures ground technological equipment required to perform full range of works with carrier rocket at the launch center in preparation for the launch of rocket "Cyclone-4”. “We are moving forward in that context as well. Probably, not so fast as we wanted but still, we are moving forward,” the Head of State emphasized.