OREANDA-NEWS. July 03, 2009. "For me, as the President, Crimea is separate priority. For Crimea has special opportunities; for Crimea is interesting not only for the national capital, it is interesting for all of Europe. There is a specific product here not to be found in other European countries", said Victor Yushchenko at the meeting on development of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Simferopol, reported the Official website president.gov.ua.

The President urged the Crimean government to develop in every possible way the investment attractiveness of this territory and try its best to solve all the problems investor might face in implementation of investment projects.

"Crimea is a special region and it should be two to three steps forward from where it is now in the organization and business", noted the President. "I would like to here more suggestions on how to push forward business development - large medium and small ... ", he said.