OREANDA-NEWS. May 22, 2009. President Victor Yushchenko met with Austrian Federal Economic Chamber President Christoph Leitl. Beside the President, First Deputy Chief of Staff Oleksandr Shlapak also took part in the meeting, reported the press-centre of president.gov.ua.

At the meeting President thanked Austrian side for support in Ukraine’s European aspirations and pointed to great contribution of Austria into pushing forward the talks on signature of the Association Agreement and the agreement on free trade between Ukraine and the EU.

Also President Yushchenko complimented the dynamics of trade and economic cooperation between Ukraine and Austria, noting that Austria holds the fourth place by the rate of investment in Ukrainian economy among the EU countries.