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Yatseniuk: Together with the United States, Ukraine can determine global food policy
17.07.2015 16:27 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
"Ukraine should not be only a breadbasket. We must sell ready products and conquer foreign markets," Government Portal report quoting the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk as speaking within An Hour of Questions to the Government at the Verkhovna Rada today.
As to the report, Yatseniuk stressed that cooperation in the agricultural sector is among the key areas between the two countries, if judged by the results of the first Ukraine US Investment Conference.
«Ukraine is the country that can actually dictate the terms on the global agricultural product markets. Together with the United States of America we are capable to determine the global food policy,» he said.
As to Yatseniuk, to achieve this we need significant investment flows.
«In the scope of cooperation with the US, Ukraine needs updated equipment and advanced technologies,» he emphasized.
As to the report, he told that to purchase new machinery our American partners consider an issue of extended financing of programs to buy advanced and qualitative equipment for Ukrainian agriculture area at a very low interest rates through Export-Import Bank of the United States.
«This procedure is now being considered. And I hope that the Ukrainian agricultural sector will obtain cheap long-term loans to purchase foreign high-quality equipment,» he added.
Besides, with partners from the US and Canada, there was discussed construction of joint factories in Ukraine to produce agricultural machinery: «An agricultural state will have the potential to increase yields, raise competitiveness and demonstrate the entire world that we are not the breadbasket, but we are the country that is willing to sell added value prepared foods and conquer foreign markets».
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