Ukraine could enter the Italian market with the 'Made in Ukraine, Made with Italy' brand, Ukrainian Ambassador to Italy Yevhen Perelyhin has said.

"The 'Made in Ukraine' brand is not very famous in Italy. We cannot enter these markets freely. Today there is a new opportunity. The 'Made in Ukraine, Made with Italy' brand could be a link between our countries and provide an opportunity to enter the wider European market and traditional Italian markets in Northern Africa and Latin America," he said at a Skype conference in Kyiv on Thursday.

The diplomat said that the peak of goods turnover between Ukraine and Italy was recorded in 2011-2012, when it was almost $5 billion. In the past year it decreased by 30%.

"There is a potential, and if we can materialize political agreements into concrete projects of economic, infrastructure and agricultural cooperation I can say for sure that we will see growth," Perelyhin said.

The ambassador said there are close contacts between Ukrainian and Italian politicians and officials.

"In the past two years the number of political events exceeds the whole work carried out before this for 22 years. Leaders of our countries have created a powerful foreign political platform for the further implementation of projects," he said.

Perelyhin believes that thanks to active interparliamentary Ukrainian-Italian cooperation the Italian parliament last year annulled 10 draft resolutions revoking sanctions against Russia.

"We have a reliable partner who works for the sake of retaining European solidarity," he said.