Earlier President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Belarus is the key trade partner of Ukraine.
He added that cooperation between the states becomes the important component of diplomatic relations. Zelensky stated that within the forum, Ukraine and Belarus signed the commercial contracts for about $500 million.
Ukraine’s President added that the turnover between the states in 2018 surpassed $5 billion.
“We can and should surpass the mark of $6.8 billion; we do not want to stop. This task addressed the joint inter-governmental commission on trade-economic cooperation. Soon, Ukrainian part of this commission will be renewed. What is the priority of our trade-economic relations? Firstly, it is the cooperation in fuel-energy complex, infrastructure and transport projects, industry and production networks as well as the interaction in the agrarian and industrial complex,” Zelensky said.