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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he hopes for the intensification of trade and economic relations between Ukraine and India and believes that his state visit to India should give new impetus to the development of relations between the two countries.

“I expect a significant intensification in our trade and economic relations, and, of course, they must be accompanied by high-level political contacts,” the presidential press service quoted him as saying in an interview with English-language Indian daily newspaper the Hindu ahead of his visit to India.

Yanukovych added that Ukraine was ready to develop cooperation with India in various fields, particularly in energy, metallurgy, chemical industry, shipbuilding, and engineering.

He said he was confident that the two countries have significant potential to increase bilateral trade.

“The range of our products is of mutual interest,” Yanukovych said.

A full interview with the president will be published in the newspaper on Monday, December 10. Among other topics of the interview are the Ukrainian-Russian gas issue, as well as Ukraine’s domestic and foreign policy.

Yanukovych will make a state visit to India on December 9-12.