Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin made the announcement in Kiev during a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour.

Klimkin also emphasized the importance of future joint economic committee meetings between the two countries and the necessity of developing relations in various fields, especially agriculture, industry and energy.

Rahimpour for his part mentioned Iran-Ukraine good relations during the past 25 years and noted that the present trade turnover between the two countries is not satisfactory.

He stressed the need to draft and sign basic documents regarding trade facilitation, removing banking barriers, visa issuance facilitation, development of transportation between the two countries and strengthening bilateral cooperation between the private sectors.

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