The Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine plans to send trade missions to Poland, Turkey, China and India this year.

"It is very important to create sites for business communications to intensify our relations," Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister, Trade Representative of Ukraine Natalia Mykolska said at a cabinet meeting on Thursday.

She said that the trade missions will include one of two ministers, including the profile minister and business representatives.

Mykolska said that it is planned to send the trade mission to Turkey as part of the Ukrainian delegation and receive the Turkish delegation.

She said that the trade mission to China would discuss cooperation in agriculture and engineering.

She also said that sending of Ukrainian delegations to hold negotiations to Algeria, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Egypt, Brazil, Chili, Argentina and Iran is being discussed.

Mykolska s a id that Egypt is interested in buying food and engineering products in Ukraine, especially, Ukrainian pumps that have shown good results in the country.

She proposed that the schedule for holding meetings of 26 joint intergovernmental commissions is approved at the cabinet meeting.