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transportation. The Syrian party has proposed
to its Ukrainian colleagues to take part in the
works aimed at improving the sea shipping
in Syria. The parties have also reached an
agreement on training Syrian seamen in
Ukrainian educational institutions specializing
in training of such experts, with subsequent
issuance of the appropriate certificates. Syria
welcomes Ukraine’s participation in tenders
with regard to railway transport, namely, the
modernization of diesel locomotives imported
from Lugansk in the Soviet time.
There are also good prospects in the
cooperation in the aerospace industry:
the Ukrainian delegation has invited the
colleagues to visit Ukraine in the second half
of 2006, in order to become familiar with
the potential of domestic enterprises of this
sector. The Syrians are interested in creation of
systems for Earth remote sensing and training
their experts inUkraine.
The Commission has discussed the issue
of establishing a joint venture between the
Syrian oil company and “Nafrogaz Ukrainy”
JSC, with the purpose of providing services in
Syria – drilling, wells repair, logging, seismic
studies. The Syrian part will inform its Ukrainian
colleagues on tenders in the spheres of
geology andmineral resources.
The next joint session of Intergovernmental
commission on trade, economic and technical
cooperationwill be held in 2007 in Kiev.
The event conducted inDamascus became
possible thank to insistency and participation
of the chairman of Ukraine-Syria Business
Council Sergey Pachkovsky. In his interviews
he constantly stresses that given the structure
of domestic economy, Ukraine has rich trade
prospects in the countries of the Gulf. Due to
this, Sergei Pachkovsky has been a key figure,
when using his influence in business and
governmental communities, in establishing
friendly contacts between the independent
Ukraine and the Arabicworld. Another proof
of it is recent Business forum “Directions of
Cooperation betweenUkraine and the UAE”
organized by Sergey Pachkovsky as a chairman
of Ukraine-UAE Business Council.
/Materials preparedby theAdvertisement
andPublic RelationsDepartment of Ukrainian
TradeCenter inGulf region countries /
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