Assistant Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping attended consultations in Ukraine from March 21 to 22, 2011. He conducted consultations with Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Maiko and met respectively with Ukraine's Minister for Foreign Affairs Gryshchenko, Deputy Minister of Economy Marmazov as well as officials from the Ministry of Emergencies and the Cabinet. The two sides mainly exchanged opinions on Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang's visit to Ukraine and the first meeting of China-Ukraine cooperation committee. They both noted that the first meeting of the cooperation committee is an important step of implementing the consensus reached last September by the heads of state of the two countries. They will work closely with each other so as to promote the development of the bilateral relations. During the stay, they also exchanged views on the regional and international issues of common concern.