PM Shmyhal sums up results of his visit to Germany
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal wrote about this on Facebook following the visit.
"Ukraine and Germany are strengthening their partnership. Last week our government team paid a two-day working visit to Berlin and Dusseldorf, during which we held a series of high-level meetings... These meetings resulted in agreements on the development of new areas of cooperation, such as hydrogen, critical raw materials and renewable energy, cyber security, and education," the prime minister wrote.
In particular, the head of the Ukrainian government noted that he opened the 4th German-Ukrainian Business Forum together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Shmyhal also held bilateral meetings with Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet, President of the Bundestag Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the Bundesrat Reiner Haseloff and others.
According to the PM, many questions were devoted to strengthening support for Ukraine on its path to the EU and NATO, as well as countering hybrid threats from Russia. In particular, meaningful dialogues took place with Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and Governing Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller.
In addition, Shmyhal announced the signing of a memorandum of cooperation in the digitalization sector.
“One of the important results of the working visit to Germany was the strengthening of partnership in the field of digitalization. During a meeting with Minister of Transport of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Hendrik Wüst, a memorandum was signed between UkraineInvest, NRW.Global Business, representatives of Ukrainian IT community and two German business associations," he emphasized.
As Ukrinform reported, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal during a meeting with German Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maason on March 19 said that Ukraine seeks to join the European Union and NATO and hopes for Germany's support in these matters.
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