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Ukrainian PM, German Minister hold business talks in Kiev

Published : 04 Apr 2023, 23:38

  DF News Desk
Robert Habeck, German Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, participates in a roundtable with the German business delegation at the German Embassy in Kiev. File Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal discussed a stronger presence for German business in the war-torn country during talks in Kiev with German Economy Minister Robert Habeck, reported dpa.

"Insurance against war risk is a critically important issue," Shmyhal said after the meeting, which was attended by German business representatives.

He pointed to a pilot project with the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the Development Finance Corporation, a US government agency, and said Ukraine wished to find a similar instrument with Germany.

Shmyhal noted Ukraine's potential in providing key raw materials and military technology. Kiev was also banking on German support in reconstruction at the end of the war with Russia, he said.