KYIV. Oct 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has held a meeting with Chairman of DP World Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.
Poroshenko emphasized that it was the right time and right place to invest in Ukraine and said that global business was interested in our state, the Ukrainian president press service reported.
He noted that the Ukrainian authorities were doing everything possible to encourage foreign investors. For this end, the National Investment Council under the president of Ukraine has been established.
The head of state invited Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem to join the Council.
For his part, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem thanked for the invitation and said he was interested in the development of cooperation with Ukraine, which has huge transport resources and remarkable human potential. “We consider Ukraine as a state that will connect us with Europe. That is why we want to work here,” he said.
Poroshenko praised the signature of the memorandum between the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and DP World. This document provides for the immediate establishment of the joint expert group for the analysis of existing opportunities and mechanisms of investments in our state.
The head of state instructed the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine to take this work under personal control and report on the progress of implementation of the project.
