Commissioner for the European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn will visit Ukraine on June 18-19 to meet with the Ukrainian leadership, reads a press release posted on the European Commission's website.
According to it, Hahn, Commissioner will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Economy Aivaras Abromavicius and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman.
Besides, Hahn will travel to Kharkiv where he will meet civil society representatives and visit three projects.
“During his visit Commissioner Hahn and Minister of Economy Aivaras Abromavicius will sign an agreement for EUR 55 million of support for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs),” says the press release.
Ahead of the visit Commissioner Hahn said: “Our assistance is designed to support not only reform, but also recovery for the areas most affected by the conflict. Another grant allocation will be used to leverage funds through financial institutions, with the result that Ukraine can look forward to around EUR1 billion in extra help for SMEs across Ukraine’s regions to seize the opportunities of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area that will fully apply from next year onwards,” the European Commission quotes Hahn as saying.
