Ukrainian president, Turkish defense minister discuss prospects to boost cooperation in defense and industrial sector

09:18, 14.05.2016 1 min read

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz have discussed continued cooperation between the two countries, including in the defense and industrial sector, at a meeting in Kyiv on Friday.

"The sides agreed that the cooperation between Ukraine and Turkey has powerful potential, and one needs to use it actively. A special emphasis should be placed on strategic areas, in particular, the defense and industrial sector, in which the sides have common interests and mutually supplementing possibilities," the Ukrainian presidential press service said.

Additionally, Poroshenko said he was grateful to the Turkish side for arranging a vacationing program for children and members of the families of Ukrainian servicemen, who were killed or injured in the hostilities in Donbas.