Ukrainian Embassy: Ukraine is satisfied with economic cooperation with Azerbaijan

Ukraine is satisfied with success in trade and economic relations with Azerbaijan, Miroslav Blashuk, head of the trade representation of Ukraine in Azerbaijan said.

According to Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee, in January 2010, trade turnover between the countries amounted to about $72 million.

"Azerbaijan, which saw economic development even in hard times, has done much in this direction," Blashuk said at a press conference in Ukrainian Embassy in Baku.

Blashuk stressed the fruitful cooperation with Azerbaijan in the field of oil supplies to Ukraine.

According to him, in 2010, 200,000 tons were delivered processing at the Kremenchug oil refinery.

The cooperation of Azerbaijan and Ukraine in the scientific and technical spheres was emphasized by the first secretary of the Embassy Arthur Danilenko.

There are strong relations between Azerbaijan and Ukraine in the scientific sphere, Danilenko said.

"Thousands of students from Azerbaijan study in Ukraine," he said.

According to Danilenko, an important step in cooperation between the countries became the tender on putting the first Azerbaijani telecommunications satellite into the orbit.

Probably, the satellite will be put into orbit just by Ukrainian carrier rocket Zenit SLB, he said.


/Trend News/