The Government will continue to root out corruption that hampers to carry out reforms in all spheres of life and deprives Ukraine and Ukrainians of their future. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman stated this during the annual conference of the Center for US-Ukrainian relations "Providing Ukraine with an Annual Report Card" in Washington on Thursday, 16 June.

"Due to corruption, there is no future for our country, that’s why we have to tackle this challenge. Reforms provide us with opportunities and chance, and corruption deprives us of this chance and takes away opportunities. We will be determined to combat this phenomenon," underlined Volodymyr Groysman.

The Prime Minister informed the participants about the first steps the Government to combat corruption in the economy.

As an example, Volodymyr Groysman gave the ProZorro e-procurement system implemented by the Government, which ensured transparency and openness of procurement and saved public money.

The Cabinet of Ministers also adopted a decision on the introduction of the single market-based gas prices. It made it possible to stop the abuse on the difference in gas prices.