Tymoshenko hopes to draw French investments

Yulia Tymoshenko, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, expects investments of powerful French companies into Ukraine’s economy. She told the press during her working visit to France, Governmnet portal reported.

The Head of Government stressed in the course of her visit she had held meetings with representatives of leading companies of France, in particular Areva corporation and MEDEF union and achieved understandings concerning their visit to Ukraine with an aim to maintain fruitful cooperation. 

Yulia Tymoshenko informed for Ukraine a desirable and effective partner will be a French company, Areva, representatives of which have expressed their readiness to intensify the work in the direction of development of mineral resources, notably uranium ores in order to facilitate energy independence Ukraine. According to the Prime Minister, under conditions of the world financial crisis Ukraine and France should strengthen cooperation in this direction.