KIEV, Sept. 1 – State-run Antonov enterprise and Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) have signed an agreement on cooperation under the An-225 Mriya aircraft program, the Ukrainian company said.

"The parties have expressed their intention to cooperate in the long-term outlook, which foresees the construction of the second example of the modernized An-225 Mriya aircraft at the Antonov enterprise and its delivery to AICC at the first stage and the establishment of the joint batch manufacture of An-225 in China under Antonov's license at the second stage," the company said in a statement.

"Both stages will be implemented on conditions of separate contracts," the press service said.