Ukrainian minister hails agricultural cooperation with China
DATE:2015-07-10 SOURCE:Xinhua News Agency
KIEV, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Olexiy Pavlenko on Wednesday spoke highly of his country''s agricultural cooperation with China and voiced hope that the collaboration would further be deepened.
"A steady increase in agricultural trade between the countries confirms the success of bilateral cooperation. Over the first five months of 2015, our trade turnover has increased to 644.8 million U.S. dollars," Pavlenko was quoted as saying by the government''s press service.
Kiev and Beijing have a great cooperative potential in agricultural trade and investment, the minister said, expressing his confidence that an upcoming meeting of the Ukraine-China Subcommittee for cooperation in agriculture will create new opportunities for deepening ties.
"We hope to further strengthen our cooperation and expand the trade volume of agricultural goods," Pavlenko said.
The fifth session of the Ukraine-China Subcommittee for cooperation in agriculture is expected to take place in China on Aug. 3-6.
According to Ukraine''s statistics, agricultural trade turnover between the two countries stood at 932 million dollars last year.