Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that Ukraine's non-aligned status will allow it to develop equal partnership with all countries.
The president's press service reported on Friday that he said this at a meeting with the participants of the ninth meeting of the of the council of the intelligence service chiefs of the Black Sea and Caspian regions' countries.
"The head of state said that Ukraine's non-aligned status will allow us to develop equal and pragmatic cooperation with other countries, considering our national interests, principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity," reads the statement.
In addition, the president noted that Ukraine wants to cooperate with various international organizations and states.
Yanukovych also stressed that Ukraine's development is directed at the overall modernization of almost all spheres of its life.
"Our country is also ready to cooperate with other countries using its own scientific and technical potential in the aerospace, shipbuilding and other spheres," the president said.
The president also highly evaluated such forums in the context of the further development of relations and the improvement of mutual understanding between countries, as well as in support of peaceful relations.
"It's very important [to hold such forums] under conditions of rising political instability, tendencies for crisis in the world financial and economic systems, and competition for raw materials, energy sources, investment, food, and technologies," Yanukovych said.
