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Tymoshenko: Visit to Japan a success
30 March 2009
Published in Kyiv Post / Interfax
Ukrainian Prime-Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she is pleased by the results of her visit to Japan.
"Over the 17 years of [Ukraine's] independence, none of Ukraine's prime ministers has visited Japan. The major topic which we discussed was the modernization and renovation of Ukraine, of all its engineering systems, utilities networks, power grids with the assistance of Japan, which is the world's No. 1 in all technologies," she said on 1+1 on March 29.
Ukrainian Prime-Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she is pleased by the results of her visit to Japan.
"Over the 17 years of [Ukraine's] independence, none of Ukraine's prime ministers has visited Japan. The major topic which we discussed was the modernization and renovation of Ukraine, of all its engineering systems, utilities networks, power grids with the assistance of Japan, which is the world's No. 1 in all technologies," she said on 1+1 on March 29.
At the same time, she recalled the general goal of
the visit: "We had two days only, and we had to
open Ukraine to Japan, and Japan to Ukraine within
the two days."
Tymoshenko said there were mutually beneficial conditions for a partnership between Ukraine and Japan.
"No one is giving any presents to Ukraine… We're equal partners. Japan is interested in investing its technologies here [in Ukraine's gas transportation system], using energy saving and environmentally friendly technologies and receiving a profit from this. We want to have a country with an absolutely different level of environmental [protection] and energy efficiency," she said.
Tymoshenko said there were mutually beneficial conditions for a partnership between Ukraine and Japan.
"No one is giving any presents to Ukraine… We're equal partners. Japan is interested in investing its technologies here [in Ukraine's gas transportation system], using energy saving and environmentally friendly technologies and receiving a profit from this. We want to have a country with an absolutely different level of environmental [protection] and energy efficiency," she said.