The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) has approved a loan agreement with Ukrzaliznytsia in the amount of $156.6 million to purchase about 40 diesel locomotives. This is reported by the Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine, UNN reports.
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According to U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker, this agreement is an example of the efforts of the U.S. Government and the private sector to strengthen the resilience and capacity of a strategically important enterprise for Ukraine.
Minister of Community, Territorial and Infrastructure Development Oleksandr Kubrakov emphasized that this announcement of such high-level cooperation is an important signal for international businesses to work in Ukraine.
First of all, I would like to thank the President and the government of the United States, the Congress and the American people for their help and support of Ukraine in this war. Every cent of aid for Ukrainian Railways is not only an investment in our logistics capabilities and infrastructure development. It is a contribution to the defense capability and stability of our country
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The agency said that EXIM President and Chairman of the Board of Directors Rhea Jo Lewis met in Kyiv with Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov with the participation of US Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker, US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, and Ukrzaliznytsia CEO Yevhen Lyashchenko.
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For the first time, Ukrzaliznytsia demonstrated a medical evacuation train equipped as a hospital, which can provide emergency care and even perform operations on the go.