Agro Perspectiva

Vilkul: Ukraine is interested in realization of large-scale infrastructure projects

23.10.2013 15:11 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) — Vice Prime Minister Olexandr Vilkul has held a meeting with Ambassador of the Slovak Republic in Ukraine Pavel Gamzhik, Government Portal reports. Olexandr Vilkul noted that the meeting with Ambassador of the Slovak Republic on the eve of the Summit in Vilnius is significant for Ukraine and proves interest of EU member states in further implementation of the Agreement between Ukraine and EU. «Ukraine realizes systematically the strategic way towards European integration. Signing of the Association Agreement with the EU in November will afford to step to a qualitatively new level of political and trade-economic relations with the countries of the European zone. Introduction of the European standards, removal of barriers on the way of trade and investment flows between Ukraine and the EU will raise attractiveness of our countries for the foreign investors. Support of the Slovak Republic is very important in this issue,» the Vice Prime Minister emphasized. During the meeting the Vice Prime Minister and Ambassador of the Slovak Republic tackled a series of urgent issues concerning development of infrastructure, transport and trade and economic areas. «We are interested in realization of large-scale infrastructure projects in transport area. It will afford to open a European Ukraine for the United Europe and give opportunities to implement large-scale projects in cargo transportation and logistics, facilitate the development of economics and creation of new workplaces,» Olexandr Vilkul has said. He stressed that «Ukraine is a link between the EU states and Russia in the development of logistic potential and transit opportunities of the countries participating in the project of a broad railway line». According to him, the project of construction of a broad-gauge railway line along Moscow-Vienna route is one of the joint infrastructure projects participating in which are Ukrainian and Slovak sides. This railway will pass through the territories of Russia, Ukraine, the Slovak Republic and Austria. In turn Pavel Gamzhik underlined that «Slovakia is interested in realization of the project of the broad railway line via the territories of Russia, Ukraine, Slovaki and Austria». In the end of the meeting the Vice Premier invited representatives of the Slovak Republic to participate in the V International investment business forum and International specialized exhibition Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy — 2013 which is to take place on November 5–8 in Kyiv.