12:26     16 April 2021    

We have very good relations and joint interests with Turkey, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his interview with Le Figaro Newspaper, Baku Tribune reports.

We have very good relations and joint interests with Turkey, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his interview with Le Figaro Newspaper, Baku Tribune reports. According to him, Ukraine has USD 5.5 bln. trade turnover with Turkey and intends to increase it twice. “I would want Turkish delegation to visit our country and support us on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of independence of Ukraine. I think it will be so,” head of Ukrainian state stressed. As a response to the question of “Will Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan help to Ukraine for the NATO membership?, V. Zelensky noted that cooperation in the Black Sea is essential: “Many things depend on Turkey from the security point of view. According to those, I saw and heard on international platforms, I know Turkey supports Ukraine’s NATO membership.”