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UAE, Ukraine explore investment opportunities following CEPA signing

• Tuesday, February 18, 2025 2:19 PM

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ABU DHABI, 18th February, 2025 (WAM) -- Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for
Foreign Trade, hosted a business roundtable that brought together UAE government officials,
leading UAE businesses, and investment groups with a high-ranking Ukrainian delegation led by
Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy.

The meeting focused on exploring promising investment opportunities in Ukraine, with a particular
emphasis on infrastructure projects, under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
(CEPA) between the two nations.

The UAE-Ukraine CEPA, signed in the presence of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, aims to strengthen bilateral trade
relations and investment flows between the two nations and is expected to add approximately
US$369 million to the UAE's GDP and US$874 million to Ukraine's GDP by 2031.

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