The government expects that the draft national scientific and technical space program for 2018-2022 drawn up by the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) will be submitted to the government soon, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said.
“They [SSAU] are now preparing a new program, and will report on it and approve in the coming weeks,” he said in the Verkhovna Rada on Friday, March 16.
According to the prime minister, the current situation in the aerospace industry was discussed at a closed-door meeting in the Cabinet of Ministers held in January with the participation of all interested parties, during which he identified three top priority tasks in the SSAU’s work.
The head of government pointed out the increase in the effectiveness of cooperation under international space projects implemented with the participation of Ukraine, as well as the work of the industry to satisfy the internal needs of the state. “I do not want to dig into this issue, there are questions that I cannot talk about,” he said.
“The work is under way and will be considered by the government in closed-door mode, and appropriate decisions will be made,” the prime minister said.
