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President Viktor Yanukovych on Friday, April 12 highlighted progress in Ukraine's aerospace industry in recent years and said his country would continue to develop its space projects.

"Our state has made a significant contribution to the development of cosmonautics and continues to cooperate with many countries of the world," Yanukovych said during his meeting with National Space Agency chairman Yuriy Alekseyev and Aerospace Society president Vitaly Zholobov. 

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