Ukraine, Israel broaden cooperation

On December 25 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the first session of the Work Group at the level of the deputy heads of the foreign policy offices of Ukraine and Israel on implementation of the agreements achieved during the Official Visit of President of Ukraine V.A.Yushchenko to Israel took place, according to MFA press-service.

 In the course of the session headed by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Yuriy Kostenko and Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Pinkhas Avivi, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in political, cultural, economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres as well as the urgent problems of the situation development at the Middle East after the Near-Eastern peace conference in Annapolis.

 The parties adjusted the steps which will be made in the near future in the framework of implementation of the agreements achieved during the visit of President V.A.Yushchenko, in particular, implementation of the presidential initiative “The Dialogue of Truth in the Name of the Future”.