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Officials and businessmen discussed ways of bilateral cooperation.
Representatives of large German companies - Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co, DMT GmbH & Co, TAKRAF, GEA came to Zaporizhzhia to get acquainted with the industrial sector of the region, the scientific and industrial potential of the city.
First Deputy Mayor Sergey Meshok, Deputy Mayor for Humanitarian Affairs Anatoly Pustovarov, Head of the Budget Commission Ruslan Bozhko, General Director of the Zaporizhstal Metallurgical Combine Rostislav Shurma, General Director of the Zaporizhia Casting and Mechanical Plant Evgeny Shramko, Director of the Department of the regional state administration and the infrastructure development of the regional administration, Andrei Antonov, managers of the ZPORZ, Zaporozhye international airport, as well as four directors management companiestook part in the round table discussion.
During the meeting, the director of the East European Association of German Economics, Ute Kokhlovsky-Kadzhaya, stressed that German business is actively working with Ukraine, but is currently interested in expanding ties. It was important for the Germans to get informed about the industrial potential of eastern Ukraine and to select points of contact for cooperation.
“We know that several German companies are already operating in Zaporizhzhia. Now we would like to bring together the potential that you have in the region with what the German medium-sized business has. We focus mainly on the medium business, because in Germany it is the backbone of our economy, the economy, which produces 80% of GDP and is high-tech,” said Ute Kokhlovsky-Kadzhaya.
Deputy Mayor Sergei Meshko underlined that Zaporizhia intends to become a part of the global community and a large economic pool.
“Zaporizhia is ready to develop. Reference points are those projects that we launch, companies with which we work. And these are important formations such as the European Investment Bank, the German state bank KfW, the organization GiZ. With the latter, we have several interesting social projects: electronic queues, kindergartens and, of course, business connections between our commercial organizations in the fields of energy, metallurgy and other fields. We are working on improvement of our infrastructure. For example, the construction of a new terminal at the airport is currently underway.
This is a small step that will allow us to continue attracting investment and increasing passenger traffic not only related to tourism, but also to business,” said Sergey Bag.
Having finalized the negotiations, the roundtable participants had a chance to see the implementation of important projects for the city and exchange contacts for further cooperation.
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