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Former Ukrainian PM: Kiev Seriously Seeking to Expand Economic Ties with Tehran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Anatoly Kinakh underlined his country's enthusiasm for the further development of economic and trade relations with Iran, saying that Kiev has a strategic look at the East.
"There is a serious will in Ukraine to expand cooperation with countries like Iran," Kinakh said in a meeting with an Iranian media delegation in Kiev.
He called on Iranian businessmen and investors to strengthen their presence in the Ukrainian market, and said, "Our tendency towards the East is a strategic one."
Noting that Ukraine exports nearly 60% of its products to the other countries, Kinakh lamented that the volume of trade exchanges between Tehran and Kiev is not proportionate to the two countries' potentials and capacities, and stressed the need for a further increase in the volume of Iran-Ukraine trade relations.
Iran has been seeking to bolster ties with Eastern Europe, specially Ukraine, in all the different political, economic and cultural spheres in the last few years.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Ukrainian Ambassador to Tehran Alexander Samaraski here in Tehran in November called for the development of all-out ties with Ukraine, stressing that Tehran sees no restriction or impediment to the expansion of its relations with Kiev.
"We are eager to expand ties with Ukraine as much as the two countries can, and we see no impediment to the attainment of this goal," Ahmadinejad said.
The Iranian president went on saying that mutual cooperation in industrial, technological, defense and tourism fields would pave the way for the expansion of the two countries' all-out ties.
"There is a serious will in Ukraine to expand cooperation with countries like Iran," Kinakh said in a meeting with an Iranian media delegation in Kiev.
He called on Iranian businessmen and investors to strengthen their presence in the Ukrainian market, and said, "Our tendency towards the East is a strategic one."
Noting that Ukraine exports nearly 60% of its products to the other countries, Kinakh lamented that the volume of trade exchanges between Tehran and Kiev is not proportionate to the two countries' potentials and capacities, and stressed the need for a further increase in the volume of Iran-Ukraine trade relations.
Iran has been seeking to bolster ties with Eastern Europe, specially Ukraine, in all the different political, economic and cultural spheres in the last few years.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Ukrainian Ambassador to Tehran Alexander Samaraski here in Tehran in November called for the development of all-out ties with Ukraine, stressing that Tehran sees no restriction or impediment to the expansion of its relations with Kiev.
"We are eager to expand ties with Ukraine as much as the two countries can, and we see no impediment to the attainment of this goal," Ahmadinejad said.
The Iranian president went on saying that mutual cooperation in industrial, technological, defense and tourism fields would pave the way for the expansion of the two countries' all-out ties.
