According to the President, both Ukraine and Greece are suffering hard times nowadays, thus, the intensification of bilateral cooperation becomes increasingly important. “There is a great desire to help each other. That is why I am confident that the time has come to improve coordination of our actions,” President Viktor Yanukovych noted.
“Indisputably, large-scale reforms implemented in Ukraine today help to overcome the crisis. In 2010 we managed to reduce the budget deficit from 14% to 5%, and we are planning to finish 2011 with not more than 3.5%,” the President noted.
President Karolos Papoulias evaluated Ukrainian-Greek relations as “excellent”. “Your visit gives a new boost for the development of our bilateral relations. We may say that 2011 is a year for new meetings and reviving of our bilateral ties,” he said.
The meeting between the two Presidents in “vis-a-vis” format has lasted more than an hour instead of planned 20 minutes. “It has been a very important, friendly and useful meeting for all of us,” the President of Hellenic Republic noted in the course of delegations’ talks.
