September 2, 2014 a press - conference center of “Interfax-Ukraine” news agency hosted a press conference entitled "Uniting efforts of government and business on development of export facing the World Exhibition "Expo-2015".
Participants of the press conference:
- Mr. Alessandro Gerbino, director of ICE, the Trade Promotion Section of the Italian Embassy in Ukraine;
- Mr. Leonid Kozachenko, Chairman of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation;
- Mr. Valerii Baliasnyi, general secretary of the International Trade Club in Ukraine;
- Mr. Ivan Buntov, director of the National Ukrainian pavilion at the World Exhibition "Expo-2010", Director of International Cooperation Department of the European Economic Chamber (EEIG) in Ukraine.
Ukraine incurrently facing a situation that requires mobilization of all resources, offbeat decision-makingin all areas of itslife sustainment and development, use of the fronties, in the foreign fieldinclusively. Global and internal Ukrainianeconomic crisis is escalated by military aggression of Russiathat after the selection of the European integration of Ukraine aspiresto destroy our economic potential and statehood itself.
One of the drivers of the domestic economy is agroindustrial complex. The Government of Ukraine has set a target in the coming years to enter the top five world countries-suppliers of food. Such an ambitious goal requires major collaborative efforts between business and government on development of production and export of agricultural products.
Market closure in Russia and other countries of EurAsEC creates an additional impetus to search for partners in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and other regions of the world.
The following year 144 countries will take part in the World Exhibition "Expo-2015", which will be held in Milan (Italy). It is the largest exhibition event held once in five years and lasts for six months, from May 1 to October 31. The theme of the future exhibition of "Feeding the Planet" 30 million visitors are expected.