Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko states that Ukraine
is interested in attracting investments of the powerful Japanese corporations.
She declared during a meeting with the heads of Japanese corporations Sumitomo,
Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Itochu, Sojitz, Mitsui.
“In these hard times,
under support of the Government of Ukraine, we can develop high-quality
cooperation with the Japanese corporations,” Yulia Tymoshenko stated. She assured that Government of Ukraine
would encourage maximum transparency and simplification of the bureaucratic
procedures at attracting investments: “democracy, though hardly, is
successfully developing in Ukraine,
and as against other countries of our region, transparent relations in the
investment system are established”. The Head of Government stressed, therefore Ukraine may become a basic country for Japan to
implement big investment projects.
The
Prime Minister proposed the representatives of powerful Japanese corporations
to organize one team to introduce already elaborated and new investment
projects. According to her, in particular, 29 big projects to the sum of USD 6
billion, as well as 358 projects on green investments to the sum of USD 10
billion. Yulia Tymoshenko
is confident that stirring up such cooperation, Ukraine can overcome the crisis and
become stronger, more confident and more reformed. The Head of Ukrainian
Government thanked the representatives of Japanese corporations which are
working in the Ukrainian market for many years and expressed hope for further
cooperation, “All ways are open to you”.
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