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Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed the holding of joint business forums in Germany and Ukraine.

“We were talking about an economic conference in the autumn of this year, and we would like to hold a conference in Kyiv with the participation of representatives of the German business,” Merkel said at a joint briefing with Groysman in Berlin on June 27.

According to her, in order to increase German investment in Ukraine, the country should hold reforms, in particular the reform of the judiciary.

Groysman noted that one of these conferences will be held in October.

“I want to emphasize that Germany is a leader in terms of investing in Ukraine. We have several thousand enterprises with German capital, which operate quite successfully. We appreciate this, and the message to German business is: We want to their business in Ukraine to be successful,” the Ukrainian prime minister said.

Groysman stressed that the success of business in Ukraine contributes to the country’s successful at large.