Foreign ministers of Ukraine and Turkey sign two-year cooperation plan

15:10, 10.02.2017 1 min read

Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu have signed a plan of cooperation between the ministries for the next two years.

"Today we have signed a plan of cooperation for two years between the Foreign Ministries. We are preparing for approval during the Turkish president's visit to Ukraine the all-encompassing 'roadmap' on how we will further develop our strategic partnership for the next two years," Klimkin said at a joint press conference with Cavusoglu in Kyiv on Friday.

The Ukrainian foreign minister also noted the progress in the matter of the conclusion of the agreement on free trade area (FTA).

For his part, Cavusoglu said that the ministers discussed a number of bilateral agreements, in particular, those on the FTA, on protection of investments, and on avoidance of double taxation.