Ukraine wants German investors to come to Ukraine to build efficient enterprises and create new jobs, Ukrainian First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Kliuyev has said at a meeting with German Ambassador to Ukraine Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth.
The media liaisons department of the Cabinet of Ministers’ secretariat reported that Kliuyev and Heimsoeth on Thursday discussed the possibility of the creation in the near future of a Ukrainian-German trade chamber for the development of cooperation between Ukrainian and German business.
The participants in the meeting also said that within the next few months a large Ukrainian-German business forum could be held, during which representatives of companies of the two countries would present proposals for investment projects.
Kliuyev and Heimsoeth also agreed that the Ukrainian first vice premier in the first half of June would meet with a group of heads of the largest German companies interested in working on the Ukrainian market.
In addition, the sides discussed the negotiation process regarding the creation of a free trade zone between Ukraine and the European Union.
Kliuyev also noted the importance to Ukraine of a significant improvement in its investment climate.
