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Russia, Ukraine To Expand Cooperation In Aerospace
Dnepropetrovsk (Interfax) Feb. 12, 2001 The presidents of Russia and Ukraine on Monday signed a joint statement on expanding cooperation in the aerospace field. The document says that the satellite study of dry land and the ocean, ecological monitoring, preventing and dealing with the effects of natural and man-made disasters, and joint research and technological experiments in the Russian segment of the International Space Station will be the priority fields of cooperation. The two countries will also join forces in studying outer space and the impact made by the Sun on the Earth and the moon; they will also continue work on the setting up of an international space research center in Yevpatoriya, Crimea. They will coordinate efforts in promoting on the international market Russian-Ukrainian space services, commercial uses of the Zenit, Tsiklon and Dnepr launch vehicles and the launching pads at Baikonur, and will also support the Sea Launch project. The two countries will begin taking numerous steps to develop mutually beneficial cooperation in production, technological and scientific activities between their space and aircraft-building industries. In this way, the two sides believe, the hardware and services will achieve a high quality and competitiveness. Russia and Ukraine will meet their needs in aircraft and promote promising aircraft and advanced technologies on the world market. They will support the development of the An-70 aircraft, "the most promising top-priority program in cooperation between Ukraine and Russia in the field of aircraft construction." Presidents Vladimir Putin and Leonid Kuchma have told their cabinets to take the required steps aimed at implementing the statement.
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