(VOVworld)- The Ukraine wants to strengthen its friendship and cooperation with Vietnam. At a meeting with Vietnamese ambassador Ho Dac Minh Nguyet on April 16, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara told that both sides would promote exchanges of visits by senior officials to make thorough preparations for the 14^th meeting of the Vietnam-Ukraine Intergovernmental Committee on economics, trade, and science-technology, scheduled to happen in Kiev later this year. He suggested that the two countries should take advantage of their untapped potential for mutual development and cooperation.