of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn visited Serbia. In May 2011, Foreign Minister of Serbia Vuk Jeremić visited Ukraine and signed visa-free regime between the two countries. In November 2011, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov visited Serbia for the Central European Initiative summit. Serbian President Boris Tadić visited Ukraine in November 2011. Economic relations In 2007 exports from Serbia were US$97,700,000 and imports from Ukraine were over US$274,000,000. In 2008 the trade between the countries grew by 71%. Ukraine and Serbia will sign a free trade agreement in autumn 2009. Ukraine supports Serbia's intention to join the World Trade Organization. Culture and education Serbia and Ukraine signed the Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Education, Culture and Sports on 24 January 1996. On the basis of this Agreement a Program of Cooperation between the two countries for the period 2002–2004 was signed in February 2002. It was agreed to extend this agreement to cover 2005 through exchange of diplomatic notes. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on cooperation between the Diplomatic Academies at the Foreign Ministries of the two countries. In 2004 there was signed a treaty of cooperation between the State Committee of Archives of Ukraine and the Archive of Serbia and Montenegro. Also since 2005 there exists a treaty of cooperation the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine and the National Library of Serbia. Defense cooperation Ukraine and Serbia signed a Treaty on military cooperation on 4 November 2003 and ratified in August 2004. Based on this treaty there were four meetings of working groups for enhancement of the cooperation. Priorities set by two sides are mutual army modernization, development and production of arms and military equipment, involvement of Serbian companies in decontamination of radioactive ammunition in Ukraine, joint operation in third markets, exchange of information, expert consultations and training of military staff. Cooperation between regions Kyiv Oblast and Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (in trade and economy, science and technology, culture, 2006) Resident diplomatic missions Serbia has an embassy in Kyiv. Ukraine has an embassy in Belgrade. See also Foreign relations of Serbia Foreign relations of Ukraine Ukraine's reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence Serbs in Ukraine Ukrainians in Serbia References External links Ukrainian embassy in Belgrade Information regarding Serbian embassy in Kyiv Electronic library of Serbian-Ukrainian relations New Serbia and Slavo-Serbia Organization of Ukrainians in Serbia - «Prosvita» Ukraine Bilateral relations of Ukraine