First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Matsuda Kuninori met to discuss deepening cooperation between the two countries. They focused on the implementation of existing projects and the prospects for launching new ones in the fields of mechanical engineering, energy, etc.

Yuliia Svyrydenko thanked Japan for its comprehensive financial, technical and advisory assistance to Ukraine. Japan remains one of Ukraine’s key donors in terms of support.

“We appreciate the efforts made by Japan to implement projects through UNIDO. In particular, the project on the transfer of Japanese technologies to Ukraine and the establishment of joint ventures. Japan has allocated USD 188 million to finance this project, and we are convinced that its implementation will have a positive impact on the development of Ukrainian enterprises.

We also welcome the decision to open a representative office of JETRO (Japan External Trade Organisation) in Ukraine. This will help attract Japanese investments into our country’s economy and accelerate the introduction of advanced technologies at Ukrainian enterprises,” said Yuliia Svyrydenko.

The parties discussed the localisation of Japanese production in Ukraine and new opportunities for cooperation between Ukrainian and Japanese companies, particularly in the field of mechanical engineering.

Yuliia Svyrydenko spoke about new programmes under the Made in Ukraine economic policy, the National Cashback programme, and thanked Japan for its financial support for the establishment of Made in Ukraine offices.

Speaking about the economic policy “Made in Ukraine”, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy emphasised the importance of support from partners for the development of Ukrainian production.

“We are systematically working with our partners to ensure that they adhere to the principle of ‘support Ukraine with Ukrainian’ and make purchases from Ukrainian producers. This will have an additional economic effect,” said Yuliia Svyrydenko.

The parties also focused on cooperation in humanitarian demining. They discussed, among other things, the localisation of production in Ukraine. Today, Ukraine is already implementing a project to localise the production of Western-style equipment, such as the Croatian DOK-ING MV-10 mechanical demining machine. Ukraine hopes that the opportunity to localise production will be used by leading Japanese companies operating in this area.