During a meeting with Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Vazil Hudák, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed hope that Ukraine would exceed the planned economic growth indicators and invited the EIB to join the implementation of infrastructure projects.
"Today, the main thing our team strives for is big changes," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The President thanked the EIB for supporting Ukraine.
The Head of State said that the authorities had high expectations as regards the development of the country and made every effort to achieve that goal.
“We have very high expectations indeed. We want to grow more than planned. Our conservative forecast for the next year's economic growth is 3.7%. But we strive for a faster growth,” he emphasized.
According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in order to make such growth possible, the government and parliament have developed a number of bills. Already in the first months of the new parliament, MPs have approved the law on concession, deregulation laws, unblocked the privatization of state-owned enterprises. This will help attract investment in infrastructure and create jobs. A number of laws have also been adopted to restart Ukraine's law enforcement system, which is very important for protecting investors’ rights.
The President of Ukraine emphasizes that one of the main priorities is investment in the development of transport infrastructure. Therefore, Ukraine is interested in joint projects with the EIB aimed, in particular, at restoring infrastructure and road construction in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, developing agricultural sector and supporting SMEs.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that the European Investment Bank's portfolio of projects in Ukraine had reached 5.9 billion euros and there was a potential to increase it.
