
Ambassador Valeriy Chaly met with President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Transportation
Ambassador of Ukraine
to the USA Valeriy Chaly met
with President and Chief Executive
Officer of GE Transportation Rafael Santana to discuss
joint project of Ukraine’s railway
modernization.
In particular, the
Ambassador stressed the importance of finalizing of
the Long-term Framework Agreement between UZ and GE, that will
allow to bring the American
company’s world class locomotive technology to Ukraine.
Special attention Valeriy
Chaly paid to the issue
of localization of the production
of new GE locomotives in Ukraine as well
as the modernization
of existing fleet. In this
regard, sides agreed that the
delivery of the 30 new diesel
GE Evo locomotives will be the
first step for further partnership
between Ukraine and General Electric,
including cooperation in the energy
sphere, infrastructure and healthcare.