Austria is one of the largest investors in the development of the Ukrainian economy – Petro Poroshenko

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Austria is one of the leaders in investing in Ukraine and ranks sixth among the countries that invest in the development of our economy. It was stated by the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, during a joint press conference with the Federal President of the Republic of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, which took place at the conclusion of the bilateral talks.

This is reported by the official site of the President of Ukraine.

“I want to emphasize that there are some symbolic things: the largest producer of skis in Europe ,”Fischer” company produces them in the Ukrainian town of Mukacheve; one of the largest manufacturers of car rental “Alpina” produces them out of Ukrainian raw materials. Austria takes the sixth place in terms of investments among all countries”,  said the Head of the Ukrainian state.

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In addition, Petro Poroshenko noted that today’s talks were “very fruitful ” and said that the sides also discussed the issue of expanding economic cooperation. For this purpose, in particular, the issue of holding a Ukrainian-Austrian business forum during the visit of the Federal President of Austria to Ukraine, which will take place in the near future, was discussed.