"We ask an American businesses to participate in a large-scale
privatization of Ukrainian state-owned enterprises", said the Prime
Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk during the first U.S.-Ukraine Business
Forum.
"You know, sometimes privatization is over politicized, but my
position, and the position of the Government and of the President of Ukraine
that we need to launch large-scale privatization", - he stressed.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk recalled that the Government has already passed
a number of resolutions that opened the privatization of energy companies.
«Centrenergo, which is one of the biggest power generating plants in Ukraine, a
number of chemical plants, and several operators of electricity grid generating
companies will be privatized in a fully transparent and competitive
basis," he said.
"We need to have a very strong and modern private sector to change
public sector. We need your experience, your technology, your people who will
be able to help the Ukrainian economy to become more attractive, and Ukrainian
enterprises more competitive, to create jobs," PM said.
"We as a Government are interested in getting more incomes and you as
representatives of the business in getting more profit. We have similar
interests, and we will definitely succeed in this. So, please, consider the
idea to invest in Ukraine and to participate in the privatization,"
Arseniy Yatsenyuk said to the conference participants.
He stressed that Ukraine faced tremendous challenges: «We are aware that in
order to stop Russian aggression, we must have a capable and very strong
military. However, on the other hand – we need to have a very strong economy.
To bring Ukrainian people back to work, to increase wages and salaries and to
have US investments into the Ukrainian economy. This is the aim of our forum».
The Head of Government called the agriculture, energy and infrastructure
other key areas of economic cooperation between Ukraine and the U.S.
He stressed that the goal of the Ukrainian Government "to make people
happy, to brighten its future, and to make Ukraine a prosperous state".
And to achieve this, he said, Ukraine has the greatest value: "as well
as the U.S. has a nation, a nation that fights and never gives up. We will
never give up!"
Another value, which Ukraine has, said the Head of Government, - a new
generation. He called it "generation I": "Intellectual,
Independent, Internet-dependent. They will boost economic growth in
Ukraine".
Arseniy Yatsenyuk stressed that the Government appreciates the support of
Ukraine from the side of the American people: "We appreciate your efforts.
We feel that the U.S. Government, Parliament and the U.S. Senate and the
American people support the Ukrainian people".
"We stand shoulder to shoulder to make this world truly free. We are
fighting for our rights, our freedom, for a better future of Ukrainian and
American peoples. And there is no doubt we will succeed", the Head of
Government said.
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