Posted on 03/14/2007 1:31:56 PM PDT by lizol
Yanukovych calls for boost in defense sector cooperation with Russia
Kyiv, March 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Premier Viktor Yanukovych has called for the acceleration of cooperation between Ukraine and Russia in the defense sector.
Russia is Ukraine's main partner in the defense industry, but Russian-Ukrainian cooperation in the sector is decreasing steadily, Yanukovych said at a meeting on the Ukrainian defense industry on Monday, ordering his cabinet to seek ways to reverse the trend.
"We are well aware that to date, our main partner [in the defense industry] has been Russia," Yanukovych told a conference in Kyiv on the current state and the future of Ukraine's military industry.
more really bad news for Ukraine, there was so much hope there.
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