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Friday, January 22, 2016

Presidents of Ukraine and Switzerland agreed on the provision of USD 200 million in the form of additional assistance

In the framework of the World Economic Forum, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko had a meeting with President of Switzerland Johann Schneider-Ammann.

The President thanked the Swiss Government and people for the humanitarian and financial assistance in the amount of USD 350 million approximately.

The parties agreed on the provision of USD 200 million in the form of additional assistance for the replenishment of foreign reserves.


The President of Switzerland expressed admiration for the way Ukraine fights for its independence.

The interlocutors discussed the course of reforms in Ukraine as well.

The parties also negotiated ways to intensify Ukrainian-Swiss trade, economic and investment cooperation. With this in view, they agreed to hold the meeting of the Ukrainian-Swiss joint committee on trade-economic cooperation, preparation to the signature of respective bilateral documents and presentation of potential investment projects.

The President of Ukraine invited his Swiss colleague to make an official visit to Ukraine.

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