OREANDA-NEWS. June 14, 2013. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has set a task to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to activate a system work in marketing of Ukraine on the world financial markets. A respective commission was given by the head of Government during a session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

He informed that on the data of the State Statistics Service in the first quarter of the current year the foreign investors had invested into Ukraine’s economics almost USD 1.6 bln. It is by 76% more than in the first quarter of last year. But, at this, as of April 1, 2013 general sum of foreign investments made up around USD 56 bln, or USD 1227 per capita.

“It is evidently little for such a huge country as ours. And it is evidently insufficient for the large-scale modernization of our economics. So, I demand from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to stir up a system activity in marketing of Ukraine on world financial markets,” Mykola Azarov stressed.

The head of Government underlined, there were not many countries in Europe that for the three consequent years, under exceptionally complicated conditions, demonstrated not large, but stable economic growth and development of the domestic market. “Growth of retail trade turnover by 50% over the three years was demonstrated by almost none. But we have it, it is the fact,” Mykola Azarov underlined and added, that facts proved that the economic policy carried our by the Government was consistent and relevant and it had to be shown in all ratings of Ukraine.