The president stressed that river transport is the cheapest type on the market.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are ready to build river ports in Ukraine and will soon arrive in the country to discuss this issue in detail.
"They will be in Ukraine this week, and we will talk river transport. They are ready to build river ports," he said, addressing the All-Ukrainian Forum "Ukraine 30. Infrastructure" on February 22.
Zelensky did not specify the company interested in investing.
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Water transport law: Background
On December 3, 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed at second reading a bill on inland water transport.
Head of River Transport Subcommittee at the Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, MP Artem Kovalev, who is an ideologist and co-author of the said bill, said new legislation would give start to inland water transportation reform.