Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has promised to investors to create equal conditions for business in Ukraine.
Tymoshenko made this statement when opening a meeting of the Investors Council that was created under the Cabinet of Ministers.
«Equal conditions for operations of all businesses in Ukraine without preferences to anyone,» she said, speaking about priorities of her Cabinet.
Another priority named by Tymoshenko is to create, together with investors, favorable conditions for business in Ukraine and to remove bureaucratic hurdles.
Tymoshenko also promised to minimize corruption in Ukraine.
She noted that the government has started implementing the measures it set for investment climate improvements.
Thus, she continued, the government has already approved a procedure for holding auctions through which non-agricultural lands will be leased out or sold.
Moreover, Tymoshenko said, the Cabinet of Ministers has made steps to bring export and import operations out of shadow and toward their customs clearance.
She assured investors that the Cabinet will ensure transparent privatization.
The first large asset to be privatized is the Odesa Portside Factory.
«We have a clear intention to bring the business system in order,» the Prime Minister said.
She noted that during the today’s meeting they will create a Council of Investors and register its creation officially.
During the today’s meeting they will discuss budget compensations for VAT to exporters, the prospect of introducing quotas on grain, sunflower oil and seeds, and the problem of raid attacks on business.
Tymoshenko urged investors to help her government build up a systemic work between the authorities and businessmen, and support the government in implementation of measures against corruption.
«We should become a joint team that will demonstrate a result to Ukraine,» she said.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Tymoshenko favors creation of an effective consultative council of investors under the Cabinet of Ministers.
She earlier called on investors to take active part in the perfection of the Cabinet action plan.
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