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Helsinki (Finland), Oct. 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has invited his Finnish counterpart Mari Kiviniemi to visit Ukraine.

"I also invited Mrs. [Finnish] Prime Minister [Mari Kiviniemi] to visit Ukraine at any convenient time," he said at a joint press conference of the two premiers in Helsinki, Finland, on Wednesday.

Azarov said that the premiers of the two countries had created opportunities for the development of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, and added that Ukraine was interested in Finland’s potential in the sphere of high technology.