KIEV, April 4 – Ukraine and Turkmenistan have agreed to start work on drafting a new agreement on long-term trade and economic cooperation, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Kliuyev said.

While commenting on the results of a meeting of the Ukrainian-Turkmen joint intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation held in Ashgabat on March 31 and April 1, he noted that the previous agreement, which was signed in 2001, had expired in 2010.