BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

04/08/2006

Kinakh: Ukraine will intensify cooperation with Russia and Belarus

Despite the fact that Ukraine's strategy is Eurointegration course, our state will intensify equitable and mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia and Belarus, as Our Ukraine deputy Anatoly Kinakh told journalists.

"Commodity turnover with Russia made 20.3 billion dollars last year, and turnover with Belarus increased twice. It is thousands of working places," the deputy declared.

Additionally, Kinakh underlined that Russia and Belarus are our neighbors. "As the proverb states: a good neighbor is better than a distant relative," the deputy noted

Source:

http://en.for-ua.com/news/2006/08/04/122802.html