OREANDA-NEWS. August 08, 2011. Ukraine and South Korea have reached an agreement on the construction of a joint venture for the production of LED devices. This issue was discussed during the meeting the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov with the management of South Korean companies "Seoul Semiconductor" and "Daewoo International".

Mykola Azarov noted that question of energy saving technologies the Government has given much attention: "We plan to replace all the lighting equipment to energy-saving".

However, the Prime Minister emphasized that Ukraine has established a number of legislative preferences for companies that produce energy-efficient products. According to him, on the basis of current legislation, the Government is ready to provide support to companies on manufacture and introduction of energy efficient technologies. "We are ready to consider the granting of preferences of the company, if it really will work for us on production and sales of high-tech LED technology", - emphasized Mykola Azarov during the dialogue with the Korean interlocutors.