There took place
negotiations between Prime Minister of Ukraine #Arseniy_Yatsenyuk and Prime
Minister of the Republic of Turkey #Ahmet_Davutoğlu, who is staying in
Ukraine with a visit at an invitation of the Head
of Ukrainian Government. The talks of two governmental delegations were
preceded by a meeting of the Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Turkey in a bilateral
format.
In the framework
of the visit of the Turkish delegation a #Loan_agreement was
inked between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the
Republic of Turkey envisaging extending a US$ 50 mn loan to
Ukraine to fill general fund of the State Budget with the maturity period
of 5 years and a 2.5% annual interest rate.
The document was signed
by Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie Jaresko and a representative
of theUndersecretariat of Treasury of the Turkish Republic.
Apart from that, the
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Turkey inked
an Agreement on the Delivery of Mobile Field Hospital to
Ukraine. The document was inked by Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Turkey Serhii Korsunsky and Deputy
Minister ofHealth of the Republic of Turkey.
At the beginning
of the meeting Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed gratitude to the Turkish
people for thesupport for the territorial integrity and
independence of Ukraine, "for the support for our fight
against Russian aggression and support for our position that “Crimea
is Ukraine, as well as Donetsk and Luhansk".
"Each of our
countries protects its borders and its citizens, its territorial
integrity, independence and sovereignty", emphasized the Head of
the Ukrainian Government.
The agenda of
talks, he continued, is to maintain an economic dialogue between
Ukraine and Turkey and to work on an issue of concluding an agreement
on free trade area: "We appreciate the presence of investors fromTurkey in
the Ukrainian economy, thus an economic dialogue and economic programs between
Ukraine and Turkey should be developing."
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
noted that the delegation from Turkey which had arrived to Ukraine
is one of the largest in history of bilateral relations between the two
countries: "All our Ministers are also prepared to have a specific
dialogue in each sector – starting with infrastructure and
ending with energy and defence domains."
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