KIEV, Aug. 22 – Ukraine and Mexico have announced plans to develop space cooperation.

The State Space Agency of Ukraine said that on Aug. 27 a delegation from the Mexican Space Agency will visit Ukraine to sign a memorandum of understanding with SSA, which will be the first step of the countries towards the forming a legal basis for promising cooperation.

The Mexican delegation is also planning to visit Dnipropetrovsk-based Pivdenne Design Bureau.

Later on, the sides will draw up an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the sphere of exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes.