Publicat pe 16/02/2023

Bucharest, February 15, 2023: The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) signed, on February 15, a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine, in order to strengthen business relations and develop economic cooperation between the two states. The presidents of the two chambers of commerce signed this document in the presence of the Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania, H.S. Mister. Ihor Prokopchuk, as well as the Ukrainian political adviser, Mr. Oleg Balika.

The Memorandum of Understanding includes a new article regarding the creation and joint management of a platform for capitalizing on economic opportunities related to the future reconstruction of Ukraine. Thus, CCIR will select the Romanian companies with adequate potential to the requirements launched by the Ukrainian side.

“From the first moments of the military aggression of the Russian Federation, the CCIR expressed its full solidarity with the Ukrainian counterparts, supporting the efforts to continue the activity of businessmen in this country. Thus, we helped to streamline the transport of goods from Ukraine, we contributed to the creation of a corridor for the transport of aid to this country and we were consulted by the Ukrainian business environment regarding the relocation of important businesses to Romania. Today, together with our Ukrainian colleagues, we laid the foundations for the creation of an integrated platform that will enable Romanian companies in the reconstruction effort that will follow. We are happy that we already have many signals from the business environment in Romania, interested in participating in this process”, said the president of CCIR, Mr. Mihai Daraban.

“This war has affected us deeply on all fronts, with Ukraine experiencing great losses in terms of commercial activity. If we can talk about one positive thing from this whole conflict, it is the closeness to our Romanian neighbors, with whose help we managed to overcome many difficulties. Thus, we particularly appreciate the CCIR initiative to start this very important project for Ukraine”, said the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine, Mr. Gennady Chyzhykov.