Minister
of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavicius announced
during a press briefing at the Government House that first Ukrainian-German
business forum was due on October 23 in Berlin. The forum
of such scale will be held for the first time in the history of
Ukrainian-German relations. It is expected that the event will be attended by
Prime Minister of Ukraine and Chancellor of Germany.
“Ukraine
can become a reliable partner of Germany in industrial cooperation,
building on the success in the mutual trade of the two countries. In order
to demonstrate the prospects for European business in Ukraine, we in
synergy with our German partners have organized the German-Ukrainian
business forum”, explained Minister Aivaras Abromavicius.
According
to him, Ukrainian companies are eager to partner with German
industrial leaders in supply chains all over the globe. In turn, the
European and German investors - both industrial and financial - will find in
Ukraine interesting projects and assets, including broad transparent
privatization opportunities.
The briefing was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Economic
Development and Trade of Ukraine,Trade Representative of Ukraine Nataliya Mykolska,
who told about the details of the preparation of the first Ukrainian-German
business forum. “The preliminary plan enumerated 300 participating
companies, now we see 600 registered companies and about 60 of them represent Ukraine.
We were surprised the forum could have raised such an interest.
We were expecting industrial, agro, engineering companies. Now we see huge interest
of financial and investment funds, banks and foundations involved in family
investments that manage finances of the German entrepreneurs. It proves investment
attractiveness of Ukraine, that German companies are interested in
cooperation in the context of entering into force of the Association
Agreement with the EU in the part of traderelated matters,” said Nataliya Mykolska.
From the German side the business forum will be visited by German
Chancellor Angela Merkel, Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of
Finance, Secretary of State of German Federal Foreign Office, State
Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
In
particular, the Ukraine’s delegation for the event will be represented by Prime Minister
of UkraineArseniy Yatsenyuk, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine H. Zubko,
Ministers N. Jaresko, A. Abromavicius, O. Pavlenko, A. Pyvovarsky and
Deputy head of the Presidential Administration Dmytro Shymkiv,
President of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Board A. Kobolev.
The first
Ukrainian-German business forum was organized jointly with
the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Committee on Eastern
European Economic Relations of Germany, the Delegation of the German
Industry and Commerce in Ukraine, the Ministry of Economic
Development and Trade of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Embassy in Germany.
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