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Ukraine and Turkey have agreed to speed up the work on the text of the Free Trade Agreement and step up cooperation in the transport, energy supply and aviation sectors, as stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Ukraine and Turkey will continue to build political partnership, interact within international organizations, cooperate on security issues,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

The document reaffirms the unwavering support by Turkey for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and outlines priorities in all spheres of development of the Ukrainian-Turkish strategic partnership (in particular, political, security, military, trade, economic and defense-industrial), the implementation of which will enhance the pragmatic component of strategic partnership between the two countries.

The eighth meeting of the High Level Strategic Council was held in Kyiv under the chairmanship of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy started a meeting with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who is on an official visit to Ukraine.

In the framework of the visit, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold a meeting in vis-a-vis format and co-chair the eighth meeting of the High Level Strategic Council between Ukraine and Turkey.

The Head of State reminded that the issue of heating tariffs, as well as the implementation of the energy efficiency measures that would help reduce public spending on utilities had been discussed at a meeting of the Community and Territorial Development Council in December 2019. Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard information about the steps taken to decrease the cost of services and reduce energy consumption over the given period.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reaffirmed interest in the further development of bilateral political dialogue with Bulgaria.

Given the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) of a state of emergency of international importance in the field of public healthcare due to the global outbreak of a new coronavirus, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has set a number of tasks before the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to enhance measures preventing the spread of Chinese coronavirus to Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy expects a significant increase in investment and trade cooperation between Ukraine and the US. He said this after negotiations with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Kyiv.