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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Mykola Azarov in Sochi on Friday to discuss joint projects in nuclear energy, aviation industry and space, the Russian government's press service said.
This is the fifth meeting between Putin and Azarov in the past two months.
The sides will discuss an intergovernmental agreement under which Russia would provide almost 100% financing for the construction of two power units at the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine and a long-term contract to supply nuclear fuel for Ukrainian NPPs.
Ukraine has its own uranium reserves but lacks production capacities for uranium enrichment and nuclear fuel production.
Russia and Ukraine plan to boost cooperation "in extracting uranium on the Ukrainian territory, first of all, to hold a technical and economical evaluation of the Novokonstantinovsky deposit."
The talks are in line with the last week's presidential announcement that Ukraine will increase uranium output and build a factory for nuclear fuel production.
The two states also plan closer cooperation in the aviation industry, including joint production of An-140 airliners, An-148 regional jet aircraft, An-70 transport aircraft and Tu-334 short-haul passenger airliners, and resuming serial production of the An-124 heavy-lift transport aircraft.
The two premiers will also discuss naval cooperation, including joint projects in building and repairing ships and offshore structures for continental shelf works.
Russia and Ukraine also plan to jointly "develop and modernize carrier equipment, provide launch services and develop spacecraft controls," the Russian government's press service said.
RIA Novosti
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