Joint defence enterprises and attracting investors to the defence sector are among the priorities in relations with Germany: Yuliia Svyrydenko at G7 ministerial meeting Ukraine and Germany are deepening their cooperation to establish joint defence enterprises and intensifying the implementation of existing projects. The parties are working to attract new companies that plan to localise production in Ukraine. This was discussed during a meeting between Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine, and Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

The development of technologies today is the economy tomorrow: Yuliia Svyrydenko Ukraine is one of the leaders in Eastern Europe in implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in the corporate sector. Investments in Ukrainian companies using AI have grown significantly over the past 10 years and this trend continues despite the war.

French businesses willing to invest in Ukraine's recovery Priority objectives for the development of the Ukrainian economy, mechanisms for stimulating investment and prospects for increasing the presence of French business in Ukraine. These and other issues were raised during a meeting between Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Oleksii Sobolev and Director General for Globalisation, Culture, Education and International Development at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Aurélien Lechevallier and Ambassador of France to Ukraine Gael Vessier.

Ukraine will increase the localization of its own production, in particular, in the defence industry: Yuliia Svyrydenko Increasing the localization of the production of defence products will become a driving force for the growth of the Ukrainian economy. This can be achieved in a short time. This opinion was expressed by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister – the Minister of Economy of Ukraine, during a meeting with William Taylor, Vice President of the US Institute of Peace, on March 12.

Ukraine signs Memorandum on Bridge Financing for Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility On 12 March 2024, Ukraine and the European Union signed the Memorandum on Bridge Financing for Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility and a relevant loan agreement. The signatories on behalf of Ukraine were First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy Yuliia Svyrydenko, Minister of Finance Serhii Marchenko and Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Andrii Pyshnyi.