Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that Ukraine is now one of the centers of economic growth in the world.
"There are small centers of economic growth in the world, and you know that I travel a lot around the world, so Ukraine is one of these centers, and we must preserve and value this," he said in Kyiv on Thursday, while closing a nationwide meeting on the protection of children’s rights.
Yanukovych promised that every year Ukraine would increase funding for programs on protecting and ensuring proper living conditions for Ukrainian children.
He said that GDP growth and the growth of the Ukrainian economy contributed to this.
"There’s no need to very often encourage people to live well. It is our duty to ensure that it is so," he said.
