We are keen on deepening the political dialogue with Lithuania and praise idea of Marshall Plan for Ukraine - meeting of Prime Minister with the Viktoras Pranckietis, the Speaker of the Seimas
Ukraine pledges interest
to deepen the political dialogue
with the Republic of Lithuania
in the context
of relations with the European
Union and NATO, and extends its
full support to the initiative
proposed by the Lithuanian parliamentarians to implement the so-called «Marshall Plan for Ukraine»
- the long-term plan of introducing
necessary changes in the socio-economic
sphere and sources of their
financing. This was stated by
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr
Groysman in the course of
the meeting with Speaker of
the Seimas of the Republic
of Lithuania Viktoras Pranckietis. The Lithuanian parliamentarian visits Ukraine for the
first time
«We are undertaking large-scale internal reforms and we are
grateful to Lithuania for its
continued support. Your initiative on the «New
Marshall Plan for Ukraine» will
accelerate the modernization of Ukraine, which has been already
actively launched. This is a very
correct and fundamental step. And from our
part, we are ready to
ensure full transparency of all processes»,Volodymyr Groysman claimed.
In turn, the
Speaker of the Seimas stressed
that Vilnius was and will
remain the advocate of Ukraine
in the EU and NATO in the
context of, first of all,
counteraction to the military aggression
of Russia. «But today Ukraine's
economic success is on the
agenda as well. To this
end we voiced
and introduced the idea of
the «Marshall Plan in Europe
and the United
States», highlighted Viktoras Pranckietis and added that
the initiative was supported both
at the political
and financial levels.
Special emphasis during
the meeting was placed on
the need for the development
of bilateral relations, in particular,
in the use
of logistical capabilities of both countries. The railway project
"Viking", the effective use of
Ukrainian and Lithuanian ports and active cooperation
within the framework of the
Trans-Caspian transport corridor
can become promising areas for both countries.
Additional attention was paid to
the acceleration of the growth
of trade turnover. The Prime
Minister pointed out that according
to the indicators
of the first
half of the
year, the trade turnover between Ukraine and Lithuania has
exceeded $ 400 million. «We’d like to
set the goal
of reaching 1 billion dollars of annual trade
between our countries, which is absolutely possible.
We are stable
partners», the Head of Government
added.
Background
According to the results of 2016, Lithuania ranked 14th in the volume
of bilateral trade. Key export
lists to Lithuania - mineral fuels: oil and
products of its distillation, vegetable and animal
oils and fats, wood and
wood products, electric cars, ferrous materials.