KYIV, September 27. /UKRINFORM/. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko, in the frames of his participation in the general debate of the 65th UN General Assembly session in New York, held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu.
As the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported, the sides discussed the format for interdepartmental cooperation on a wide range of issues of mutual interest, and the schedule of visits at different levels.
Hryshchenko said that in the past six months, the relations between Ukraine and Turkey have acquired the character of a real strategic partnership, best evidenced by the steady growth of trade and mutual investments, support by Ankara and Kyiv for international initiatives of one another.
The ministers thoroughly discussed the prospects of joint large-scale transportation projects. In particular, Ukraine is interested in Turkey's accession to the Ukrainian-Belarusian-Lithuanian transit railway container transportation route Viking.
"Last year Ukraine managed to normalize relations and to strengthen partnerships with all countries that are of interest in terms of creation of transport corridors in the East - West and North - South directions, which allows today to seriously consider implementing the most ambitious routes," Hryshchenko said.
For his part, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey set forth the initiative to consider the possibility of creating a Ukraine - Turkey - Egypt transport corridor, as well as from the Baltic to the Red Sea via Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Syria and Jordan.
Davutoglu also pledged his country's support of Ukraine's application for OSCE chairmanship in 2013.
Separately, the foreign ministers discussed opportunities for economic cooperation in the Ukraine - Turkey - Russia triangle as the states spanning Europe and Asia.
