Sevastopol was Visited by the US Trade and Investment Mission
On 4 June 2009, in Sevastopol city Administration was hold a meeting of Sevastopol city State Administration Deputy Chairman Alexander Klimov (Александр Климов) with the US trade and investment mission to Ukraine. American delegation was headed by economic counselor of the Embassy William Klein; in the mission were included representatives of five leading American companies of various industries - IMTC-MEI, BroadStreetCapitalGroup, TheGeaGroup, DanaGroup (GEHealthcare), DeltaAirlines. Chiefs of profile departments and sections of City State Administration and also representatives of Sevastopol Chamber of Commerce and Industry took part in the exchange of views that was hold.
To open the meeting, Alexander Klimov has said that "today’s visit of the US trade and investment mission to Ukraine is continuation of the dialog that is taking place for quite a long time between the US Embassy and authorities of Sevastopol city State Administration. It is very important that dialog has been more active just now, when Sevastopol becomes a region with specific regulation of economic development – yesterday, in the session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the plan of further development of our city was adopted and de-facto approved. We hope that Mission members will reach full understanding in talks with our business people and entrepreneurs, which is needed for signing specific contracts. This will help to develop our city in those directions that were stipulated by the Program of stable social and economic, ecological and cultural development of the City of Sevastopol in the period to 2015".
Head of the Delegation William Klein stressed that purpose of this visit – to introduce several American companies, which express great interest in development of their commercial ties with our city.
"There are representatives of big sectors in our Delegation: energy, ecology, hospitality and transportation infrastructure, health care, air transportation and community facilities, including solid waste processing water treatment – that is what can interest your city. This is the first Delegation visit, however we hope that negotiations that we will hold today and tomorrow will at the end complete with conclusion of commercial agreements" said W. Klein.
He emphasized that "only a small number of American companies willing to find partners in Crimea were included in the Delegation membership, therefore a visit of another trade and investment mission has been planned for the near future".
The Delegation members briefly told about the companies represented by them, then to their attention was offered the project of Sevastopol city State Administration "On creation in the city of Sevastopol an open economy and international cooperation zone".
Summarizing, А. Klimov stressed that today’s meeting is the first step to conclusion with the US companies solid investment projects, which will facilitate a dynamic socio-economical development of the region of Sevastopol.
The printed media department of Sevastopol city State Administration