Ukrzaliznytsia, General Electric to sign cooperation agreement in February – PM Groysman

PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia and U.S. company General Electric Transportation until the end of February 2018 plan to sign a cooperation agreement.

Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman stated this at a government sitting on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Ukrzaliznytsia, the Infrastructure Ministry, the government’s Investment Promotion Office have completed negotiations with General Electric. By the end of the month, maybe on February 22-23, we at the House of Government will sign an agreement on cooperation between General Electric and Ukrzaliznytsia. This will mean that we will receive new locomotives for Ukrzaliznytsia, and most importantly, together with General Electric, we will produce this rolling stock in Ukraine," said Groysman.

He stressed that this means new jobs and new technologies.

"We will be involved in the global network of Global Electric," the prime minister said.

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