Korsak R. Ukrainian-czeck interstate cooperation in 1991-2005.

The dissertation is devoted to the study of the Ukrainian-Czeck interstate cooperation in 1991-2005. The process of formation of cooperation in the political, social, economic and cultural spheres is considered. It has been explicated that the earliest Ukrainian-Czechoslovak interstate contacts date back to 1990. The integral system of the interstate Ukrainian-Czeck cooperation has been developing since 1993. It has been emphasized that at the initial stage of the Ukrainian-Czeck cooperation Ukraine was inclined to political cooperation, while the Czeck Republic tended to develop commercial and economic relations. By 1999 friendly and equitable relations between the two countries had been established. It led to a large-scale commercial and economic cooperation in 2004-2005. The stages of transformation processes which promoted or hindered cooperation between the two countries have been analised. The formation of the Ukrainian-Czeck interstate cooperation system has been considered.