Relations between Ukraine and Armenia are based on tolerance and friendship. A clear evidence of this is a comfortable residence of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Armenians in Ukraine and Ukrainians in Armenia, director of Ukrainian institute on analysis and management Ruslan Bortnyk told Analitika.at.ua.

He congratulated Ukrainians and Armenians with such a significant anniversary - the 95th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

“However, the relationship between our two nations is much older, and has at least a thousand-year history,” he emphasized.

Recalling that “Union of Armenians of Ukraine” NGO became the first public organization in Ukraine, which was included in the register of transparency of the EU, Bortnyk noted that this is not only a great achievement of the organization’s leadership, but also evidence of the highest level of cooperation between the Ukrainians and Armenians in their joint efforts to achieve European living standards and the development of civil society.

He noted considerable potential of Ukrainian-Armenian intergovernmental and economic relations.

“Trade turnover between the two countries last year amounted to about $230 million and may be increased at least four times due to agricultural products, Ukrainian machine-building, development of transport networks, and tourism,” he said.