OREANDA-NEWS. On March 16, 2009 The Government has already elaborated a portfolio of orders that will enable in March-April to clinch fundamental deals on purchase of aircrafts.

“I will personally carry on negotiations on high level with those states that have a potential desire to take our planes,” the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko stressed in the course of her meeting with the labour collective of the Aviant State Aircraft Plant.

Yulia Tymoshenko also underlined that Ukraine and the Russian Federation will deepen cooperation in aviation domain – the Government of Ukraine has initiated holding a sitting of interstate economic committee in Moscow on March 27 which is to concern, in particular, the issues of cooperation in construction of aircrafts.

According to the Premier, nowadays Ukraine has a possibility to receive orders for 58 An-148 planes that are to be conducted jointly with Russia. Yulia Tymoshenko stressed signing of contract with India is on the stage of finalizing and new financing of construction of two planes for the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine will be started.