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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych met with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 17th Summit of Central European countries in Warsaw on Friday.

"Viktor Yanukovych in Warsaw attended a working dinner hosted by President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski in honor of the heads of states participants of the 17th Summit of Central European countries. The event was also attended by a special guest - U.S. President Barack Obama. Before the dinner, the presidents of Ukraine and the U.S. warmly greeted each other and had a short conversation," the press service of the Ukrainian head of state reported.

The press service hasn't disclosed any detailes of the conversation between the two presidents.

Kyiv, May 30 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukraine is interested in implementing specific projects in the framework of the EU Eastern Partnership initiative, Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych said on Friday at the 7th summit of heads Central European states in Warsaw, Poland.

"We hope that the second Eastern Partnership Summit, which our Polish friends will hold in September, will have tangible practical results. We still have time to work on this," the president said.

According to the presidential press service, Yanukovych also stressed that Ukraine is open to active cooperation with all interested partners in the frames of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and noted that on its path to European integration and democracy Ukraine feels solidarity and support of neighbors and partners from Central Europe. "We are deeply grateful for this assistance," the president said, expressing particular gratitude to Poland.

Kyiv, May 30 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov thinks it unnecessary to switch to barter deals in settlements with Belarus.

"I see absolutely no grounds [for that] because we have no problems with the settlements with Belarus. There is a number of critical areas, such as currency, but Belarus is rather accurate in the fulfillment of its foreign commitments. All the deliveries done in foreign economic relations and all the contracts are paid for," the Ukrainian premier said at the opening ceremony of the reconstructed children's hospital No1 in Obolon district in Kyiv on Monday.

"There is no question of barter," he said.

"As far as I know, Belarus has a sufficient amount of hard currency, which supports foreign economic contacts," the premier said.

The Belarusian situation is a lesson for the Ukrainian government, he said. "Naturally, we bear that in mind," he said.

Ukraine must take the Belarusian situation with understanding, Azarov said. "As people, we feel sorry for fraternal Belarus," he said.

Kyiv, May 30 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Kliuyev has said that the first and main stage of work on the deregulation of the economy will be completed by the end of the current year.

The government does not plan to stop and will insistently work to ease the conditions for doing business in Ukraine, reads an article by Kliuyev published in the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine newspaper.

"I'm sure that there are a few countries in the world that could carry out such a huge normative and legislative work to ease doing business over such a short period of time. Hundreds of normative and legal acts were amended and approved in one year," the vice premier said.

According to him, significant measures were taken to simplify the licensing system.

"It is important that we introduced the declarative principle for carrying out a range of business activities. The number of licensing documents was decreased by almost two times. Earlier there were over 200 [licensing documents],Although police doesn't like it very much but one thing is certain, that your car will certainly stand out from the rest lightonsale vehicles on the road You don't have to make something "hardcore". and at present there are 134. For example, people don't need to obtain permits for the construction of temporary buildings and facilities that are not dangerous to people's lives. This category includes small offices, shops, cafes, restaurants, and workshops. Thus,This is also known as your return on investment ledbright or ROI. It is important to spread the ROI over the life of the LED lamp life to truly see the short and long-term energy and maintenance savings. all of this concerns small businesses," Kliuyev said.

In addition the first vice premier said that the licensing of 90% types of work (2,046 out of 2,268) and 30% types of activity (23 out of 78) were canceled.

Kyiv,incandescent light bulbs will be completely phased out and scannerstal no longer available to consumers within the next three years, it's time to start thinking about how you will illuminate your homes and workplaces. May 30 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Kliuyev has said that the only chance to ensure the full development of Ukraine is to modernize the economy.

The key to modernization is investment, and that is why currently the most important priority is ensuring a radical improvement in the investment climate, reads an article by Kliuyev published in the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine newspaper.

"I will note that at present all leading states are in a tough fight for investment flows [and] directing them to their economies," the vice premier said.

According to him,The particular demise with the incandescent bulb bluebright continues calmly yet non-stop and in less as compared to any year or two today the sole goods stocked in stores is going to be lower electricity bulbs, investing in Ukraine must become more convenient than in its closest competitors, so that Ukraine could also effectively join this process.

"For this purpose the government has started serious reforms - deregulation, the fight against corruption, the modernization of infrastructure, the development of financial market and others," Kliuyev said.

The first vice premier also said it was an important task to attract resources for the development of priority sectors.

According to him, it is extremely important to ensure the growth of high-tech manufactures, which will raise the general competitiveness of Ukraine's economy.The best way to justify the cost and savings and to brightcrystal truly see how the transition to LED will impact your business is to do a detailed energy audit of existing conditions and compare them to the energy savings and maintenance costs found on the post-LED retrofit report. The notions of intelligence and innovation must really become the basis of the modern Ukrainian economy, the first vice premier said.

In addition, Kliuyev said that the growth in the energy efficiency of the economy and state staff policy are top priorities.

"Currently, there has never before been such a need for highly qualified state managers able to fulfill the presidential orders well and within the time limit. That's why a strict staff policy must stop the delay in reforms at all levels," Kliuyev said in his article.