XIAN, Dec. 4 - President Viktor Yanukovych met with a regional Chinese government official on Wednesday and spoke of his desire to expand cooperation at a regional level between Ukraine and China.

"We pay much attention to interregional cooperation and believe that it creates mechanisms that very quickly resolve issues of trade and economic relations. Interregional cooperation always has a deep humanitarian aspect, and such interaction brings people together," he said in Xi'an on Wednesday at a meeting with Governor of Shaanxi Province (China) Lou Qinjian.