Among the priorities of the European Investment Plan for Ukraine, which envisages EUR 50 billion worth of direct investment in the Ukrainian economy over a 10-year period will be infrastructure development and hi-tech, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin told reporters ahead of the government meeting on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has announced the priorities of the state defense order for 2018, focusing on anti-tank weapons, armored infantry vehicles, means of combating unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as upgraded aircraft and helicopters.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy has emphasized the fact that national security and defense should remain key priority of Parliament’s work at the current session, an UNIAN correspondent reports.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said that the priorities of the draft state budget of Ukraine for 2018, which is to be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada on September 15, will become decentralization, support for the real sector of the economy, healthcare, and defense.