Maxym Burbak: EU backing realization of all planned infrastructure projects in Ukraine
Principal tasks of today for the Infrastructure
Ministry of Ukraine are to create conditions for shipment of domestic
goods to the European countries, to
use in full the transit potential of the country and draw investments into
modernization of Ukraine’s infrastructure. The Infrastructure Minister of
Ukraine Maxym Burbak stressed
on opening on May 27 a plenary session of the International Transport Week in
Odessa.
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“Ukraine has signed already the
political section of the Association Agreement with the EU, and we are
expecting, based on the statements of the European partners, to sign in the
near future FTA as well, not to mention that now frontiers of the EU were
opened in one direction for our goods, so we, being transporters, must ensure
their transit along Europe. The second task is having favorable geographic position
to use the transit potential of our country at 100%. And the third – to attract
investments into infrastructure of Ukraine,” Maxym Burbak stressed. The Infrastructure Minister informed the
Government provided support in guarantees worth UAH 12.5 billion that is to
be directed to upgrade the rail infrastructure. In particular, the funding is
planned to direct to modernization of the rolling stock and electrification
of Odessa-Mykolayiv line. As to the European Union, according to Maxym Burbak, combined
decisions were taken to construct a narrow-gauge section linking Lviv and Warsaw, another bilateral negotiations are
planned to discuss construction of a narrow-gauge section linking Przemysl and Lviv. Moreover, Ukraine and the EU pose
mutual interest in organization of a transport interconnection linking the Baltic
and the Black Seas. Apart from that, recently in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the
framework of a meeting of Transport Ministers of BSEC participating states a
joint statement of Ukraine, Moldova and Romania was signed containing
priorities to develop road infrastructure in the Black Sea area. simultaneously, due to the lending of international financial
organization the work is prolonged to construct the Beskyd
tunnel, reconstruct Kyiv-Kharkiv- Dovzhansky road, roads
leading to Kyiv etc. “I am grateful to the members of Ukrainian
Government and our colleagues from the EU for the support of these projects. In
turn the Infrastructure Ministry will do everything within power to realize
them into life,” Maxym Burbak
promised. |