PM Shmyhal, Indian ambassador discuss trade and economic cooperation

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with Indian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine Partha Satpathy on Thursday, September 24.

The parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of trade and economic cooperation, education and healthcare sectors, the Government portal reports.

According to the Ukrainian prime minister, an important factor in the development of economic cooperation is the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Indian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, Industrial and Cultural Cooperation. "We are ready for cooperation with Indian partners to hold the seventh meeting of the Commission in online format or immediately after the pandemic situation normalizes," said Shmyhal.

The prime minister also noted the potential for trade and economic cooperation between Ukraine and India, which needs to be developed. In particular, in his opinion, cooperation in the aviation and space sectors is promising.

Denys Shmyhal also stressed that India remains one of Ukraine's main trading partners in the agro-industrial complex. "Following the results of last year, India was second among the largest importers of Ukrainian agricultural products. Therefore, we are ready for further cooperation in the agricultural sector in order to increase exports of agricultural and food products to India,” said the prime minister.

During the meeting, Shmyhal invited Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi to pay an official visit to Kyiv.

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