As part of the RE: THINK. Invest in Ukraine Forum, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Vice President of the International Finance Corporation Georgina Baker, World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Satu Kahkonen and Regional Manager of the International Finance Corporation in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Jason Pellmar.
“We are grateful to the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation for their assistance with reform implementation. You have seen how many bills have already been adopted. We are now starting to implement them,” the President said.
The Head of State thanked the International Finance Corporation for the implementation of the transport project in Mariupol. He expressed hope that similar projects would appear in other cities of Ukraine.
“Our idea is to start the development from Mariupol. That is why the investment forum is taking place here, in eastern Ukraine. A city once liberated can become truly European,” the Head of State emphasized.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready to protect the investments and called for investing in the development of small settlements.
"In particular, we need investments to build new schools, hospitals, roads and bridges," the President said.
The Head of State reminded that laws had been adopted to promote economic deregulation. In addition, large-scale privatization of state property and land reform is underway in Ukraine.
