ABUJA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian government on Tuesday said it was partnering with Ukraine on space technology to enhance its national development.

Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya Onu confirmed the government was about to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Ukrainian authorities to that effect.

Onu, in a meeting with representatives of the Ukranian government in Abuja, said the scope of collaboration will involve creating development techniques for space access that enable home-made rockets to be employed on the worldwide market of space transportation services.

The official said other goals include enhancing scientific space research and elaborating advanced space facilities and ensuring innovative development of the space sector in terms of improving its research, experimental and production basis.

Head of the Ukranian delegation Olexandr Kushnar'ov, who is also the general director of System Engineering of Yuzhnoye Design Office in Ukraine, said the collaboration would also bring about having new fundamental knowledge on near-Earth outer space, solar system, deep space, biological and physical processes, and microgravity condition. Enditem

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