February 5, 2020, the Minister of infrastructure of Ukraine Vladislav Crickley met with the chargé d'affaires of the USA in Ukraine Christine Quinn and Advisor to the Director General of the International Finance development Corporation (DFC) Caleb McCurry.
the Parties discussed the state and prospective directions of Ukrainian-American cooperation in the field of infrastructure.
charge d'affaires of the USA in Ukraine Christine Quinn praised the cooperation between Ukraine and the United States and expressed hope in further development of mutually beneficial relations between the two countries.
Vladislav Crickley noted that the Ministry of infrastructure is actively working on the development and implementation of concession projects under a public-private partnership enables them to implement progressive and effective methods of management of major infrastructure of state ownership and attract strategic investors.
"the Use of the concession mechanism will allow the state to attract substantial private investment to modernize and improve the efficiency of infrastructure such as sea and river ports, roads, airports, and other state-owned facilities that will allow the realization of transit potential of Ukraine and a new quality of transport services. We invite companies from the United States to join the concession projects in Ukraine", - said Vladislav Crickley.
the Minister stressed that recently was completed the first concession tender in the port industry and is now preparing concession projects in the seaports of Odessa, Black sea, Mariupol, Berdyansk. Practiced project concession road Lviv - Stryi and Lviv-Ternopil and regional airports and train stations.
Advisor to the Director General of the International Finance Corporation for the development of Caleb McCurry reported that DFC is considering participation in the implementation of infrastructure projects in Ukraine.
