Dear investors!

I’m pleased to welcome you at the Forth annual investment conference of Dragon Capital company.

One of the principal objectives of the Democratic Government proves improvement of investment climate within Ukraine and development of national capital markets. We are convinced that realization by the Government of this line of activity will give Ukrainian economics a powerful impetus of growth and advancement.

We are satisfied that our team have managed to achieve first visible results – in the first quarter of the current year the increase of direct foreign investments in our country has improved by 3.4 bn USD which is almost fourfold growth from the respective period of 2007. General amount of direct foreign investments has totaled 32.9 bn USD.

We have defined our priorities which appear fair and transparent privatization, accelerated growth of economics and sustainable macroeconomic stability, curbing inflation by market tools, optimization and simplification of tax system, encouraging of private investments, reforming of court system, simplification of bureaucratic procedures and other steps of corruption fight, harmonization of legislation with the WTO requirements, further political and economic integration of Ukraine with the EU.

Our politicians are prone to dispute well and fail to agree, however Ukrainian economics is making headway with confidence in the right direction and this is a great merit of foreign investors, of all of you.

We believe that Ukraine has no other alternative for the development to the way which had been paved by the countries of Europe and we will pass it either. I’m convinced that in synergy, all together we will overcome all the challenges set before the state nowadays and will realize a real Ukrainian breakthrough.

I’m grateful for you optimism and trust in Ukraine.

Yulia TYMOSHENKO