Ukraine offers Azerbaijan to expand cooperation in the fields of energy, production of rail cars, tourism and others, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Economy cited Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv as saying.

The State Road Agency of Ukraine (“Ukravtodor”) has signed a contract with the Azerbaijani AzVirt company regarding the repair of the section extending from Kyiv city to Kipty village in Chernigiv region of the M-01 Kyiv - Chernigiv - Novy Yarylovychi road, the press service of Ukravtodor said in the statement.

Iran’s new ambassador to Ukraine and head of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industries in Kiev explored ways of boosting economic and trade ties between the two countries, IRNA reports.

Ukraine intends to take steps to increase trade with Azerbaijan to $1 billion, a source in the Ukrainian government told Trend.

SOCAR Energy Ukraine (a subsidiary of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR) plans to greatly increase natural gas supplies to Ukraine, the company told Trend.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko.

Ukrainian acting Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Maxim Martynyuk has called for more trade relations with Iran in various spheres, particularly between the food industries, IRNA news agency reported on Aug. 15.

Azerbaijan and Ukraine can bring mutual trade to $ 1 billion in the near future, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine told Trend on August 2.

The Congress of Azerbaijanis of Ukraine and the United Diaspora of Azerbaijanis of Ukraine have decided to merge, and a working group has been created to complete this process from the legal point of view, Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Work with the Diaspora said in a message.

Azerbaijan is interested in implementing new projects in the field of culture with Ukraine and is ready to support it. Tourism and Culture