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In the presence of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the agreement on cooperation within the activity of the bilateral Business Council was signed by the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey and the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

It was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the meeting with journalists following the negotiations with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “We have agreed on further expansion of trade, economic and investment cooperation. In 2018, our bilateral trade volume amounted to over $ 4 billion. And I am sure that this is far from our potential limit,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convinced that a mechanism will be found to make Russia responsible for its actions. The Head of State called Turkey one of the partners who can help achieve this goal.

The Presidents focused attention on the development of trade and economic cooperation, and expressed willingness to conclude the negotiations on the Free Trade Area Agreement as soon as possible. The discussions on increasing trade turnover will be continued at the Eighth High Level Strategic Council that will be held this year.

"Yesterday, four our men, young people - all younger than me, did not come back alive ... They were killed. I think it would be fair if we honor the memory of the deceased with a moment of silence,” the Head of State said.

The anthems of the two states were played on the square in front of the Presidential Palace. After that, the Heads of State watched the Turkish Guards of Honor and introduced the members of official delegations.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed confidence that the temporarily occupied Crimea would return under the control of the Ukrainian authorities. He stated this during a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar communities of the Turkish Republic in the framework of an official visit to Turkey.

In Ankara, during an official visit to Turkey, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with representatives of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar communities and took part in the opening of the new office of the Crimean Tatar Diaspora.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of France Emmanuel Macron and informed his French colleague on the death of four Ukrainian servicemen as a result of the shelling. Emmanuel Macron expressed full support for the initiatives of Ukraine, agreed with the necessity of the immediate holding of the meeting at the highest level, which should be preceded by the meeting of the official representatives of all four parties. He added that he would contact President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to coordinate the given initiative.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of Russia Vladimir Putin. The parties discussed the situation with the night shelling, which resulted in the death of four Ukrainian servicemen. Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed the inadmissibility of repeating this.