OREANDA-NEWS. April 17, 2012. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov believes the trade turnover between Canada and Ukraine does not meet the potential of both countries. This was stated by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov during a meeting with the Minister of International Cooperation of Canada, Beverley Oda.

At this he noted that trade turnover between the countries over the past year nevertheless increased by 35.8%," This is a good indicator. At the same time, its growth has made only 500 million dollars," Mykola Azarov underlined.

As an example, the PM noticed that the trade turnover between Ukraine and Lithuania, which is a relatively small country, makes 1,5 billion dollars that  three times more than with Canada.

"I think that we with you have something to work," Mykola Azarov declared.

Thus, he has called on the Canadian businesses to invest in Ukraine’s economy.