EU Commissioner Bienkowska to visit Kyiv on March 27

Published March 24, 2018 at 11:35 am

EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker (R) speaks with EU commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska prior to a debate on the conclusions of the European Council of 9 and 10 March, including the Rome Declaration, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on March 15, 2017. Juncker said on March 15 that he was outraged by Turkey's Nazi comparisons with Germany and The Netherlands, in comments that came the day Dutch voters go to the polls.

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European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Elzbieta Bienkowska will visit Kyiv on Tuesday, March 27, to meet with representatives of Ukrainian authorities and business, the press service of the EU Delegation to Ukraine reported.

Bienkowska intends to discuss with Ukrainian officials and business representatives the progress of reforms and the potential and priorities of the EU-Ukraine industrial and economic cooperation.

During the visit, the EU commissioner will meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and First Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv, with whom she will open the 2nd EU-Ukraine High-Level Industrial and Regulatory Dialogue.

The High-level Industrial and Regulatory Dialogue puts emphasis on cooperation between both partners, including automotive, textile, raw materials, technical barriers to trade and public procurement.