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KIEV John Gibson Jersey , June 23 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Minister of EducationChen Baosheng held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart LiliyaGrynevych here on Friday and they agreed to promote bilateralcooperation in the education sector.


The negotiation took place during the 2nd meeting of thesubcommittee on education cooperation of the Chinese-Ukrainianintergovernmental commission.


While addressing the meeting, Chen said the cooperation betweenChina and Ukraine has been developing smoothly in the pastyears.


"Five years have passed since the first meeting of thesubcommittee in 2012. During these five years, we did a great job,practically fulfilled all the obligations that were agreed upon,"Chen said.


China and Ukraine have recently witnessed increasing academicmobility, strengthened cooperation between universities of the twocountries and expansion in teaching of national languages, theminister said.


For her part, Grynevych stressed that Ukraine attaches greatimportance to its education cooperation with China and stands readyto enhance the partnership in various directions.


"The first direction is the development of direct ties betweenthe universities of Ukraine and China. 67 Ukrainian universitieshave already signed cooperation agreements with more than 200universities, institutes, colleges and enterprises of China," shesaid.


"Under these deals, scientific and academic exchanges arecarried out, joint forums and conferences are held, scientificmaterials are published," she added.


Among other areas to expand the bilateral cooperation, Grynevychlisted the introduction of Chinese language lessons into Ukrainianschool curricula and the establishment of Confucius Institute ofScience and Technology in Ukraine.