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Junker: Ukraine is realizing ambitious and vital reforms
10.02.2017 18:32 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of today, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman has held talks with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. The parties discussed the current situation in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Government plans for reforms, Government Portal reports.
As to the report, the Prime Minister informed the President of the European Commission that within the 2016 second half the Government had managed to ensure macroeconomic stabilization in the country.
«For 2017 we see and forecast economic growth. We talk about positive trends in the development of the national economy,» Groisman said.
He emphasized cooperation between Ukraine and the EU is of strategic nature, and thanked for the support for the crucial transformation processes.
«Ukraine is trying to overcome the difficult path of change, and our main objective is to bring changes into the life of the Ukrainian citizens,» Groisman admitted.
In his turn, speaking to media after the meeting, Jean-Claude Juncker said that Ukraine had been realizing within the last three years large-scale, meaningful reforms. «Ukraine is realizing reforms of a greater magnitude than those which were realized within 20 years before,» he said.
The European Union supports Ukraine in implementing reforms and bringing about the necessary changes, stressed the President of the European Commission.
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