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PROPERTY, BUSINESS, INVESTMENT
BUSINESS EMIRATES
UKRAINE -UAE
Early this year, UTC renewed the agreement
with Javza now extended for the years
2007-2008. At this time, active negotiations are
underwaywith the administrationof another
free economic zone inDubai calledTechno
Park, which, together Jebel Ali FZ is part of the
recently establishedholding company Economic
ZonesWorld. In the nearest future (possibly
inOctober or November)memorandumwith
one of themost influential companies of Dubai
called Limitless is tobe signed.
Services providedbyUkrainianTradeCenter
tobusinessmen fromUkraine, CIS andGulf
countries help strengthening the trade relations
between these countries. At this time, there is
noother organizationexcept UTC thatwouldbe
willing toprovide assistance toUkrainianbusiness
representatives inorganizing themeetingswith
representatives of government structures of
Ukraine andUAE and assist in theestablishing
direct contactswith local partners. Many
Ukrainian companies represented inUAEuse the
services of UTC inestablishing contactswith the
Chamber of Commerce and Industryof Dubai and
UAE, in the startupphase, as a rule.
UTChas aparticular fieldof activities
confirming thehigh level f reliabilityof this
organization, it being thepreparationof
information surveys and justificationof reliability
of informationupon requests fromgovernment
and commercial structures of UAE andUkraine.
The reputationofUkrainianTradeCenter in the
UnitedArabEmiratesbecomes strongerwithevery
new year. For instance, during theKievvisit of a
Government delegationofUnitedArabEmirates,
theHeadof theDelegation–Undersecretaryof
ForeignAffairsof theUAE inchargeof political
issuesDr. TariqAhmedAl-Haidanvoiced the
opinion that today, there is a serious consideration
of the issueof expanding theauthorityof
SergeyPachkovskiy, theGeneral Director ofUTC
either in formof adiplomaticmissionor as an
honoraryconsul of theEmirates inUkraine. Also
DirectorGeneral ofUkraineTradeCenter Sergey
Pachkovskiywas invited to theSheikhMohammad
BinRashidAlMakhtoumAwardCeremony. Vice
President andPrimeMinister of theUAEand the
Ruler ofDubai. It isworthnoticing that thiswas
the first invitationever of acompany fromCIS to
anevent of this scale. The latest confirmationof
solid reputationof theUTCwas the invitationof
itsmanagement to the forum,wherePresident
of RussiaVladimir Putinwasparticipating. In the
frameof the forum themeetingbetweenDirector
General ofUkraineTradeCenter andMajor of
MoscowCityYuri Luzhkov tookplace. During
themeetingwerediscussed thequestionsof
establishment of joint holdingcompanyEmirates-
Ukraine-Russia-Austria for development of
Autonomous republicof Crimea.
It is alsoworth saying that both the
Ukrainian Embassy and the Trade and Economic
Mission of Ukraine are located in AbuDhabi
and that at the time of establishment of the
UTC, Ukrainewas not represented at all in
the largest city of the UAE –Dubai. Now,
after the establishment of the UTC, Ukrainian
businessmen visitingDubai have
S. Pachkovskyi,DirectorGeneral ofUkraineTradeCeter; N. Azarov, First VicePrimeMinister ofUkraine,
S. Forbs, GeneralManager ForbsPublishingHouse; I. Yushko, Headof theBoardofDirectorsofUkrsotsbank
S. Pachkovskyi,DirectorGeneral ofUkraineTradeCenter giving thehonoraryplate
to IbrahimAl Janahi , VicePresident JAFZA
ValeryBeliy, VicePresidentUCCI;Dr. TariqAhmedAl-Haidan, Undersecretaryof ForeignAffairsofUAE inchargeof
political issues, S. Pachkovskyi,DirectorGeneral ofUkraineTradeCenter
