On Friday, 4
March, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk received Executive Director of
the Board of Directors at China Machinery Engineering Corporation Mr. Sun Bai.
The Head of
Ukrainian Government noted the high level of bilateral cooperation between
Ukraine and China: "It is not just in our good relations, but
also in concrete figures".
The Prime Minister
stressed that the previous year for the first time in the history of
Ukrainian-Chinese relations, the volume of exports of Ukrainian agricultural
products to China had reached US$ 1.2 billion, which is twice
more against the figures of 2014. The People’s Republic of China
ranks first among countries in export of agricultural products, he said,
adding that the exports of agricultural products from Ukraine to the countries-members
of the European Union amounted up to US$4.2 billion.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
also thanked the partners of the PRC for the support in the launch of
a new Silk Road for the transit of Ukrainian goods to China.
"We have
concrete results, and should continue to develop bilateral cooperation, to
increase volumes ofeconomic cooperation and create more jobs in Ukraine
and China alike", said the Head of the Ukrainian Government.
During the meeting
the parties discussed issues of further implementation of
Ukrainian-Chinese projects in agriculture and collaboration in infrastructure. Mr. Sun Bai stressed
there exists high interest of China in expanding exports of Ukrainian
agricultural products to China, to include investment in the
Ukrainian agrarian sphere, port logistics and projects related to the new
Silk route.
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