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Ukraine is ready to create the conditions for attracting investments and modern technologies in the development of its media system, President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

He said at a meeting with representatives of the world’s leading
media – the participants of the World Newspaper Congress: “I’m
addressing most of you as the representatives of this business, this
area. We’re ready to create the conditions for you in order to currently
attract, first of all, investment in this sector and the latest
technology. And the most important thing is the experience that already
exists, and the path that has been walked by old democracies.”

He also added: “We have set the goal of building a modern media system.”

Yanukovych said that the development of media space has a positive
effect on the development of democracy, the economy in the state, and
promotes the development of civil society.

“The development of democracy is not a very fast process. And work on
the development of civil society requires the harmonious development of
the mass media space,” he said.