Foreign policy and economic component of lithuanian-ukrainian relations at the end of the XX – beginning of the XXI century

The purpose of the study is to present the trends in foreign policy and trade and economic ат the end of the XX – beginning of the XXI centuries. The key task of the research is the analysis of the structure and development of trade and economic relations between Lithuania and Ukraine. The methodology is based on the general scientific principles of historicism and objectivity, which are implemented through the methods of historical, systemic-political, comparative and geopolitical analysis, which in turn allows us to identify, on the basis of events and facts, general patterns and features of the formation and development of Lithuanian-Ukrainian relations in the economic sphere. To solve the tasks set, special scientific research methods were also used: historical-genetic, historical-typological, problem-chronological, as well as methods of systematization, periodization, analysis and synthesis. Scientific novelty. A comprehensive picture of the dynamics of Lithuanian-Ukrainian relations in the foreign policy and economic spheres of the specified period is highlighted. Their development in the pan-European context is demonstrated, taking into account the geopolitical priorities of Lithuania and Ukraine. Research results. Foreign trade cooperation is one of the main components of foreign economic relations between the two countries, namely, in the context of the rapid development of globalization processes, which determines the urgency of tasks related to the search for new sources of strengthening competitiveness, as well as partners in cooperation with whom it would be possible to bring modernization and economic development closer. It is determined that an important role in the formation and coordination of interstate relations was played by the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Lithuanian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation. It is emphasized that a positive example of cooperation between Ukraine and Lithuania can be seen as an example of using the past to strengthen interstate relations in Central and Eastern Europe.