OREANDA-NEWS. May 28, 2013. Ukrainian and Russian parties collaborate constructively in the direction of implementation of a project on production of An-70 aircrafts for the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation.

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko announced in his interview with the 5-th Channel while commenting the meeting of Ukrainian and Russian delegations under chairmanship of Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko and Deputy Prime Minister of Government of the Russian Fedeartion Dmytro Rogozin which took place last week in Moscow.

“Now we are in the constructive plane and cooperating so that to stir up implementation of the An-70, that has to be produced for the Defense Ministry of Russia,” the Vice Premier said. 

Commenting the information about an order of 60 An-70 aircrafts for the Defense Ministry of Russia Yuriy Boyko explained that cooperation along this program was extremely perspective and the size of the order could exceed the mentioned number considerably.

“There have been negotiations concerning certain aircrafts, including the An-70. If we transfer to a tighter cooperation, the amount of aircrafts will be much bigger than 60,” the Vice Premier explained.