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VISA-FREE REGIME WITH EU TO BECOME IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS RAISING UKRAINE’S INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS – SOROS

13 November , 2015  

KYIV. Nov 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – U.S. financier, philanthropist and founder of the International Renaissance Foundation George Soros has said that getting visa-free regime with EU will raise Ukraine’s investment attractiveness.

During a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv on Thursday, he has noted the importance of the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of draft laws of the visa-free package.

It will pave the way towards the visa-free regime with the EU and promote further development of Ukraine, has said.

It is an important step towards the increase of investment attractiveness of Ukraine. Investors will be more and more interested in the prospects of investment in Ukraine, Soros said.

He also called it a great victory of the Ukrainian nation that Ukraine had not only repelled Russian aggression, but also implemented necessary reforms that brought it closer to the European community.