President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with the Advisor on Ukraine's Reconstruction and Investment Attraction, Oksana Markarova. During the meeting, work was coordinated on important sectors of the economy that could become real drivers of economic growth for Ukraine. Zelenskyy reported this on Telegram, UNN reports.
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I discussed with Oksana Markarova several areas of priority attention for Ukraine in relations with partners—specifically in economic and investment relations. We are preparing for the Ukraine Recovery Conference to be held in June. This event will take place in Gdansk. And today, at a regular meeting of our International Advisory Group on Investment Attraction and Economic Development of Ukraine, we discussed key expectations for the conference,
He added that political support from our friends is important to Ukraine, and it will be stronger if it is continued with specific significant flagship projects from the Government of Ukraine.
The role of business and Ukrainian entrepreneurial energy in this must be decisive—combining Ukrainian interests with global corporate experience. Today, Oksana and I coordinated work on important sectors of our economy that can become real drivers of economic growth for Ukraine. The key is the defense technology and innovation sector, opening full-scale exports for our capabilities and security experience tested by war. Step by step, we are building the appropriate infrastructure: from political agreements at the highest level to specific cooperation at the business level. We are also preparing economic projects that can be implemented in Ukrainian regions and provide additional resilience to our communities,
As a reminder
Ukraine's economy returned to growth in April after a difficult winter and a decline in the first quarter of the year; GDP grew by 0.9% over the month. Meanwhile, even the rise in global oil prices is unable to solve the problems Russia is currently experiencing due to the war it started against Ukraine.