ARMENIA-UKRAINE TRADE TURNOVER EXPECTED TO REACH $300MLN BY END OF 2008

ARKA
Aug 22, 2008

YEREVAN, August 22. /ARKA/. Trade turnover between Ukraine and Armenia
is expected to reach $300mln by the end of this year against $250mln
at the end of 2007, Ukrainian Embassy to Armenia reports.

Over the last 10 years trade turnover between Armenia and Ukraine
grew by 20 times and today Ukraine is the third biggest commercial
partner of Armenia after Russia and Germany, says the report of the
Embassy on the Independence Day of Ukraine.

Bilateral political dialogue is maintained through regular
consultations between the countries’ foreign ministries with the most
recent one held in April 2008 in Yerevan.

According to the report, Armenian delegation headed by President
Sargsyan attended the ceremony of opening of renovated Surb Khach
monastery in Crimea in July. The renovated church was

consecrated by Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the
Second. President Sargsyan met with his Ukrainian counterpart Victor
Yushenko and agreed on his official visit to Ukraine.