OREANDA-NEWS. July 08, 2013. Ukraine has called on Brazil to find financing in order to continue realization of the Cyclone-4 project.

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov announced during a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Antonio Patriota.

“An objectively successful project of our cooperation appears the Cyclone-4 Alcantara. The reliable realization of this project will contribute to increasing the authority of both your and our countries. In this complex situation the Government of Ukraine has approved a decision: for realization of this project to draw credit resources. We hope that the Brazilian side would use every opportunity to continue financing of their part of the project,” he said.

Mykola Azarov stressed that Brazil appeared the principal strategic trade and economic partner of Ukraine in the Latin America and in whole the economic relations between the two states were developing not bad. However, according to the Premier, the foreign trade relations face certain problems: notably, Ukraine considers groundless making two anti-dumping investigations by the Brazilian party concerning Ukrainian producers of rolled iron and auto tyres.

According to the Head of Government, activization of bilateral relations will facilitate holding of the sixth sitting of Ukrainian-Brazilian intergovernmental commission. “It is extremely important to hold the sixth sitting of Ukrainian-Brazilian intergovernmental commission and we are ready to fix the date of such meeting,” the Prime Minister said.

He acknowledged that cooperation between Ukraine and Brazil in pharmaceutical branch, military and technical, cultural, scientific appeared perspective.

Moreover, Mykola Azarov invited the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff to attend Ukraine. He considers such a visit could take place during participation of the President of Brazil in the sitting of G-20, which is to be held in Saint Petersburg. At the same time, the Premier of Ukraine received an invitation of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay a visit to Brazil.

Antonio Patriota thanked to Ukrainian Government for facilitating in selection of the envoy of Ukraine to the post of the Director of the World Trade Organization and promised his support of a candidate for chairmanship of the UN Security Council in 2016-2017.