Development of Iran, Ukraine Industrial, Trade Ties Discussed

Iranian Ambassador to Kiev Akbar Ghassemi and Head of Ukraine's Chamber of Commerce and Industries Sergei Skripchenko in a meeting conferred on ways to increase trade and industrial exchanges between the two countries. During the meeting on Friday, the two sides also discussed the possible grounds for the creation of proper mechanisms to increase exchanges between Iran and Ukraine.

Skripchenko, for his part, pointed to the age-old relations between Tehran and Kiev, and said, "The two countries' relations are strategically important." Also during the meeting, Ghassemi elaborated on the latest developments in the relations between the two countries, and underlined the key role that private, trade, economic and industrial sectors play in the promotion of the two countries' bilateral ties.

He expressed the hope that the wise approach and the willingness of the two countries' statesmen would help the two sides to further facilitate their industrial and trade exchanges and take long strides in improving mutual cooperation between the two countries' private and governmental sectors by creating more proper facilities and easier laws. Iran and Ukraine have sought to bolster mutual cooperation in different fields in recent years.

Iran in 2009 signed an agreement with a Ukrainian company to transfer technology for helicopter manufacturing to Iran. Also in the same year, chairman of the "Ukraine Motor Sich Aircraft Manufacturer" declared that his company planned to produce a new passenger plane in Iran. The company is the manufacturer of Antonov Plane and has already co-produced Iran-140 plane with Iran. The passenger plane is a short range plane with the capacity of 70 to 90 passengers and flies at 870 km per hour. - Fars